Nutrition, lifestyle intervention and medication are the cornerstones of the medical treatment of diabetes
(1). Untreated diabetes can result in acute complications, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, and long-term complications, such as microvascular and macrovascular disease.
There are currently no confirmed modifiable risk factors to prevent the development of type 1 diabetes, but there are a number of modifiable risk factors including impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting