Welcome to Diabetes Quotes, a collection of insightful and inspiring quotes that shed light on the experiences, challenges, and triumphs associated with diabetes. Diabetes is a complex and widespread condition that affects millions of people worldwide, encompassing various types and requiring vigilant management. Through the words of individuals who have navigated the intricacies of living with diabetes, we gain a deeper understanding of the resilience, perseverance, and hope that define their journeys.
Whether you are personally affected by diabetes, know someone who is, or are simply seeking understanding and empathy, these quotes offer a window into the diverse perspectives and experiences within the diabetes community. From reflections on the daily struggles of managing blood sugar levels to empowering messages of self-care and advocacy, each quote encapsulates a unique aspect of the diabetes experience. Join us as we explore the profound insights and heartfelt sentiments shared by individuals who confront the challenges of diabetes with courage and determination. Below, you will find a compilation of quotes on this topic, ready to be copied, paired with imagery, or stylized to inspire and educate.
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes. Barry Manilow
Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries. Nathan Deal
One in four kids have either pre-diabetes or diabetes – what I like to call diabesity. How did this happen? Mark Hyman
I chalk up the fact that I got diabetes to my body saying, ‘Dude, you have been doing wrong for way too long!’ Randy Jackson
I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check. Halle Berry
There is abundant science out there that connects mercury exposure in vaccines to not only autism, but to ASD, to SIDS, to ADD, ADHD, language tics – which is like Tourette Syndrome – OCD, asthma, food allergies, and diabetes. Robert Kennedy, Jr.
The ultimate goal is to have a pill that can prevent or reverse all diseases of aging. The major diseases that I’d like to tackle are heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer. I want to reduce those diseases by 10 percent. David Andrew Sinclair
Diabetes is caused by melancholy. Thomas Willis
Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now – a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today. Mary Tyler Moore
Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don’t finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts. Mark Hyman
Me with diabetes, when I talk about it, it lifts people up. When I talk about how people need to take their insulin shots, it make people go take their shots. My words is like a damn preacher. Boosie
The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea. Jane Velez-Mitchell
When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate. Seth Godin
If you can contribute 45 minutes – one hour a day a week exercising, you’re going to be a healthy person. You can cut down on diabetes and all of these manmade problems we have. I do embrace the fact that I can maybe be a voice for people to realize that it’s not as hard that people think. I’m a pretty passionate person. Mehcad Brooks
But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day. Dan Lipinski
There’s health risks in anything, even if you’re just drinking soda or drinking lemonade! If you drink too much lemonade you drink too much sugar and you could get diabetes. Paul Wall
You’d believe that a patient with hypertension, if you know you have hypertension or diabetes, you would take your drug every day. The compliance rate is more like 30% or 40%. Which means that 60% of patients don’t take their drugs, and they actually go into these crises, end up in the hospital. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life. Frederick Banting
My diabetes is such a central part of my life… it did teach me discipline… it also taught me about moderation… I’ve trained myself to be super-vigilant… because I feel better when I am in control. Sonia Sotomayor
I’ve got one of the best health care teams out there as far as diabetes management. Charlie Kimball
My peripheral vision has been severely limited because of my diabetes, which means I can see just fine looking straight ahead. But if I am at a function with lots of people, I am constantly bumping into people – even kicking them! Mary Tyler Moore
With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it’s easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat – all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer. Lee Haney
When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes. Stephen Furst
The typical response from people when I tell them I’m diabetic is, ‘Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.’ You know, I’m not. I’m a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I’m more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I’m more proactive about my health. Charlie Kimball
An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Incorporate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, soy products and fish in your diet. Eat at home more with your family and friends. Dean Ornish
Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve. John Piper
I’m looking at my own risk of diabetes and holding myself accountable for my health. I’m asking others to do the same. Rev. Run
A lot of the problems in society nowadays are down to diet and lifestyle – be that obesity, diabetes, asthma caused by smoking or drinking. Jeremy Kyle
Diabetes can be successfully prevented and managed by a healthy lifestyle. When not managed, it can lead to severe organ damage and death. Tedros Adhanom
I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough. Dana Hill
When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes. Janet Jackson
We know that if you just were to take the drugs that you were supposed to take for diabetes or hypertension, just take it, as opposed to not take it, we could save $7,000, $3,000 per patient per year. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. Xavier Becerra
My doctor said, ‘If you can weigh what you weighed in high school, you’ll essentially be healthy and not have Type 2 diabetes.’ Well, I’m gonna have Type 2 diabetes, because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school. Tom Hanks
Unhealthy eating habits cause major health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, and can also lead to food insecurity, disrupted eating patterns, and low self-esteem. Matt Cartwright
They also explained how the sensors can monitor the levels of acetone on people’s breath, and this can be used to tell people who suffer from diabetes when their next insulin shot is due. This is a more discreet method than what is currently on the market. Anne Campbell
I was a diabetic for 16 years, since I was 14. Being that I lost weight, no more diabetes. You don’t have to lose your eyesight, cut off your toes, have a stroke, get kidney failure. You just have to lose weight – you know – for most of the diabetes. Fat Joe
Shrinking someone’s stomach to the size of a walnut with surgery is one way to battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn’t address the underlying causes. Mark Hyman
An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke – although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness. Sonia Sotomayor
Well you know, it’s true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal! Daniel Pinkwater
When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it. Nell Carter
Two-thirds of people with diabetes don’t realize the seriousness that it can cause their hearts. They don’t realize they can have a stroke, drop dead of a heart attack. So you’ve got to get this thing under control. Dick Clark
We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise. Mike Rogers
Every player had a roommate for out-of-town games, so I had to slip into the bathroom early each morning and secretly take my insulin injection. I feared that if the Cubs found out and I slumped badly, they would attribute it to the diabetes and send me back to the minors – or worse, release me. Ron Santo
When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. Temple Grandin
I’ve always been independent. I’ve always had courage. But I didn’t always own my diabetes. Mary Tyler Moore
Diabetes is a disease that’s had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure. Izabel Goulart
Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body. Jay Cutler
When I work, a lot of times I have to lose weight, and I do that, but in my regular life I was not eating right, and I was not getting enough exercise. But by the nature of my diet and that lifestyle – boom! The end result was high blood sugars that reach the levels where it becomes Type 2 diabetes. I share that with a gajillion other people. Tom Hanks
People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. Dick Gregory
I can’t tell you, as a parent, how it feels when the doctor tells you your child has diabetes. First off, you don’t really know much about it. Then you discover there is no cure. John Lasseter
I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right, and exercise, and lose weight, and watch what I eat, and I will be fine for the rest of my life. Tom Hanks
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life. Bryan Adams
Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate. Lee Haney
I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it’s a wonder I don’t have diabetes. Jake LaMotta
As we get better at reversing aging it will be possible to take one medicine and within weeks feel and even look younger. Imagine going to a doctor to get a pill for diabetes, and this same medicine will prevent heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and will give you more vitality too. David Andrew Sinclair
My goals over the decade include to develop new drugs to treat intractable diseases by using iPS cell technology and to conduct clinical trials using it on a few patients with Parkinson’s diseases, diabetes or blood diseases. Shinya Yamanaka
For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you’ve had is high cholesterol, what you’re doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. Eric Topol
Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor’s office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes. Andrew Weil
I was always on the go, and thought I was too busy to develop something like this. I thought at the time that diabetes went along with bad habits, but I was the last one in my family to eat junk food. Angie Stone
I have two cousins with juvenile diabetes. They both contracted the disease before the age of 5, and it was so heartbreaking watching them go through daily blood tests and injections. It is such a difficult disease to live with and requires constant attention; a tough thing to explain to a child. Amy Robach
I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems. Steve-O
While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. Tim Holden
I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life. Paula Deen
Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it. John Ratzenberger
Diabetes taught me discipline. Sonia Sotomayor
People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can’t put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of problems can develop, like diabetes, heart disease, obesity, strokes. Gardening not only helps with exercise and mental health, but it can improve diet as well. Monty Don
I think I can wipe out diabetes. Robert Atkins
In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Ike Skelton
When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I’ve become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes. Jill Scott
You can live with diabetes. It’s not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control. Tony Rock
I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research. John Ratzenberger
In strictly medical terms, there’s no difference between HIV and diabetes; they’re not curable, but they’re very, very highly treatable, and early information is power. The only thing – literally the only thing – that is different is the stigma. And we have to overcome it, because it is now the only reason people are dying. David Furnish
Black people don’t talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off! Sherri Shepherd
I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn’t know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up. Ron Santo
Left unchecked, diabetes can have a devastating impact on your body and can lead to blindness, heart disorder, kidney failure, limb amputation, as well as the possibility of lifelong dialysis. Eric Adams
Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful. Dale Evans
Diabetes is not curable. It’s sustainable. Alvin Leung
When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this. Mary Tyler Moore
As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes. Xavier Becerra
I’m well aware of the health dangers of an expanding waistline and belly fat: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, even cancer. Denise Austin
Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease. Elaine Stritch
Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it’s diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever. Mary Ann Mobley
We’re all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald’s. We can’t make it a way of life – we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine. Nicole Ari Parker
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. Richard Simmons
My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That’d be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags. Danica Patrick
I don’t want folks with pre-existing medical conditions – like asthma and diabetes – to be denied health care. I sure don’t want to see our grandparents paying more for prescription drugs and women paying more just because of their gender. Andy Beshear
The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time. Stephen Furst
The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes. Joel Salatin
I remember I was so crabby in my third trimester – I got gestational diabetes because I’d been acting like I was in a one-woman pie-eating contest. Caroline Rhea
Today, diabetes is now epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other national healthcare leaders. Tim Holden
My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I’m 42, thank you. I didn’t want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him. Sherri Shepherd
For diabetes in particular, we know there’s a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn’t that be great? Eric Topol
I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits. Sherri Shepherd
Mental strength is not the same as mental health. Just like someone with diabetes could still be physically strong, someone with depression can still be mentally strong. Many people with mental health issues are incredibly mentally strong. Anyone can make choices to build mental strength, regardless of whether they have a mental health issue. Amy Morin
Africa needs more funding to continue to fight all of those diseases. We are losing more than 1.3 million young children under the age of five every year because of malaria. We’ve already lost 25 million people to the pandemic of HIV-AIDS. More people are dying now from typhoid fever. Diabetes is on the rise. Dikembe Mutombo
I drink coffee in the morning and a few cups throughout the day. Among coffee’s health benefits are lower risk of Parkinson’s, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and dementia. David H. Murdock
I believe very strongly – and I never brought this up as a player – but I put up, I feel, Hall of Fame numbers with diabetes. If I didn’t have diabetes – nobody realizes that, when I was diagnosed at 18, even the doctors didn’t know what to do about diabetes. Ron Santo
People who drink four or more cups of coffee a day – it doesn’t matter whether it is caffeinated or decaffeinated – have a reduction in Type 2 diabetes, or a reduced incidence of Type 2 diabetes, of about fifty percent. The same with Parkinson’s, although there it is more related to the caffeine. Gregory Stock
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world. Rosa DeLauro