The #1 Way to Avoid Blindness, Kidney Failure & Nerve Damage With Diabetes

If you have diabetes, preventing long-term complications isn’t just important — it’s everything. In this video, I break down the most important diabetes study ever conducted: the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), published in 1993 in the New England Journal of Medicine. 👉 Download the PDF of the full study from the journal's website at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199309303291401 This landmark research followed more than 1,400 people with diabetes for over six years and proved that keeping blood sugar as close to normal as possible dramatically reduces the risk of serious complications like: • vision loss and diabetic retinopathy • kidney disease (nephropathy) • nerve damage and neuropathy • cardiovascular disease The study also explains why intensive insulin therapy — using multiple daily injections or an insulin pump with frequent adjustments — became the standard of care for people with Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent diabetes today. I also share my own experience living with LADA (Type 1.5 diabetes), why blood sugar targets matter, how modern technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors make this safer than ever, and what this research means for your long-term health. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, living with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes on insulin, or LADA diabetes, this video will help you understand how blood sugar control protects your future. #Diabetes #DiabetesComplications #type1diabetes FIND MORE FROM LINNEA MAY HUXFORD Connect, link, and share, to help spread the word about diabetes and mental health! BOOK: Success with LADA Diabetes https://amzn.to/49Sgow9 BLOG: https://insulinpumplife.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575914762435 X.COM: https://x.com/Lin62866960 BLUEKSY: https://bsky.app/profile/insulinpumplife.com