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Diabetes

 Diabetes is a growing problem in this country. With our

population at an all time high in weight gain and a low in

health care, the problem is only growing.



Diabetes is a disease of the metabolism. Our metabolism is

what the way our bodies use digested food for energy and

growth.


Most food that is processed through our bodies is broken

down by digestive juices into a sugar called glucose.

Glucose is the fuel our bodies run on.


When we eat, and our food is processed, the pancreas is

supposed to produce the right amount of glucose from our

blood automatically and release the right amount of insulin

into our blood.


In people with diabetes, little to no insulin is produced

or the body’s cells don’t respond correctly to the insulin

that is produced. Therefore the glucose builds up and

overflows into the urine and passes out of the body.


This is how the body loses its main source of fuel even

though the bloodstream contains good amounts of the natural

glucose.


There are three types of diabetes, type 1, type 2 and

gestational diabetes. People who have type 1 are known as

insulin-dependent.


This is an autoimmune disease where the body’s natural

system is fighting against another part of the body. In the

case of type 1 diabetes, the system attacks the insulin

producing cells and destroys them.


Therefore the pancreas can produce little to no insulin.

These people are in need of daily injections of insulin to

live. Five to ten percent of diabetes cases are type 1 in

the US.


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