Getting to know what’s going on in your body can help you manage type 2 diabetes well. It’s a chronic condition in which your body doesn’t use insulin properly. This causes sugar to build up ...

Dr. Akshay Jain MD, FRCPC, FACE, CCD, ECNU, DABIM, DABOM, Clinical and Research Endocrinologist, talks about what diabetes is and what the differences are between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

While this may make them preferable to more sugary options, diet soda has links to weight gain and metabolic syndrome, which can worsen diabetes or increase the risk of developing type 2.