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Information supplied by the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa tells a chilling story: an estimated one in 10 South Africans has diabetes and almost one in five of us has impaired blood glucose control. Even worse, half of diabetics are unaware of their condition. If left untreated or mismanaged, the effects of diabetes can be devastating: heart disease, blindness, amputation and kidney disease.

In fact, a report by the International Diabetes Federation found that worldwide, diabetes causes a death every