Type 2 diabetes is a condition that makes your body to have a high level of sugar thereby making it resistant to insulin causing the build-up of sugar blocks in your body.

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In extreme cases, this condition affects your eyes, heart and also increases your blood pressure. Below are several foods you should avoid if you suffer from this condition:

1. Sugary foods

Diabetes has a lot do with sugar issues. Thus, to be on the safe side, avoid sugary foods to avoid raising your sugar level. If you are a diabetic person and you are craving for sugar, always go for sugar from the natural stuff that because it will not only decrease the sugar absorption level but also you will get fibre.

2. Fruit juices

Fruit juice has sugar but not fibre, this is why you should avoid this.

3. Full-fat dairy products

One should stay away from highly saturated fat foods because they raise the level of bad cholesterol that poses a higher risk of heart disease. 

Because these foods are rich in fats, they increase the chances of insulin resistance and that makes it even worse. If you have to use dairy products, go for those that are fat-free.

4. White bread, rice and white flour

It is not advisable to take refined starch and this is even worse to people with diabetes. These kinds have of food have a high carbohydrate concentration and lack fibre.