What do Belgian and Dutch diabetics eat in Thailand?
A few months ago I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Not surprising news in itself, because I am not the only one: in the Netherlands alone, more than 1 million people have that problem. I live in Thailand and am in the company of another 4 million fellow sufferers.
Thailand is facing a worrying trend: a rapidly increasing number of young people are developing diabetes, mainly caused by their high-sugar diets. This is evident from recent predictions from the International Diabetes Federation and the Diabetes Association of Thailand, which foresee an increase from 4,8 million to 5,3 million diabetics by 2040.
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