The usual diabetes in adults is a very common condition. Almost every other house has a member or two suffering from diabetes. Studies have shown that it is the treatment in initial years that determines how your diabetes behaves in the later stages of life. If your diabetes is well-controlled in the initial years, you will have fewer complications in the later life. This process of protecting individuals from complications of diabetes in later stages, if your initial years' diabetes was well controlled, is called Legacy effect or Molecular memory.
This was shown by the famous UKPDS study [Evidence]. This is in contrast to the popular belief that it is better to avoid diabetes medication as long as possible. This belief has caused much harm among masses. Every clinician dealing with diabetes patients will tell you that a person who has well-controlled diabetes right from the beginning,…
