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If i eat healthy and exercise regularly would my diabetes eventually go away on its own or is it something i have to live with all my life?

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Depends: Depends on what type of diabetes you have you are only 20 so pretty young if type i ( Insulin dependent or also called juvenile onset) the answer is no if type ii then possibly with exercise and maintainance of good wt it might happen.

Answered 10/16/2016

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