What To Know About Diabetes I & II

March 6, 2009 by  
Filed under Health Issues

Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), one of the most prevalent medical conditions in today’s society, is caused by the body’s inability to process sugars properly. In insulina healthy person, the body can break down and process consumed sugars, called glucose, naturally and then circulate it into the blood stream where is will wait for a hormone which is produced by the pancreas to incorporate it into the body’s cells. A healthy pancreas works to adjust the levels of insulin in the body, based on the amounts of glucose present. In a diabetic person, the glucose break down does not occur properly and the body’s level of sugar will get too high.

Type of Diabetes
There are two main types of diabetes. With both types of diabetes, glucose can not move into the body’s cells so the levels of glucose in one’s body will become high. If the levels of glucose are not carefully controlled, serious medical complications can arise.

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