I'm Tired of Diabetes Bracelet

Please help Diabetes Research Institute Foundation put an end to diabetes by making a purchase and wearing "I'm Tired of Diabetes" bracelets. Show you care and help spread the word!

Everybody seems to know somebody with diabetes. That's because diabetes affects almost 24 million children and adults in the US, or 8% of the population. And, there are more than six million people who have diabetes, but don't know it. Diabetes can strike anyone at any age and from any walk of life. It is a serious disease that occurs when the body cannot produce or properly use its own insulin, the hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other carbohydrates into energy to fuel our bodies.

There are two major forms of diabetes. Type 1 is caused by the body's inability to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes results from the body's failure to properly use insulin, combined with a shortage of insulin production. There are also other forms, such as gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy and a few others.

Left untreated, diabetes can lead to blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, amputation of limbs, coma and even death. Each year, diabetes costs the American people an estimated $174 billion and much more in pain and suffering. But now, scientists are closer than ever before to finding a cure. Your help can make a difference!

ANNOUNCEMENT!
Brazilian supermodel of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and Armani fame, Izabel Goulart, will serve as the International Ambassador for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Izabel’s brother was diagnosed with type 1 during infancy, and she has been actively involved in charitable work, helping hospitals in her native Brazil raise money to provide free insulin for children with diabetes.

The bracelet is made from recycled tires and metal. “I’m Tired of” is embossed on both sides with “Diabetes" on top. The band stretches so you can easily put it on and take it off.

The mission of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is to provide the Diabetes Research Institute with the funding necessary to cure diabetes now.  The Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami is a recognized world  leader in cure-focused research, pioneering new cell-based therapies to restore insulin production. For millions of families affected by diabetes, who are looking to the world of science for answers, the Diabetes Research Institute is the best hope for a cure. Diabetes Research Institute Foundation website