Diabetes

During digestion, most of food that we eat are converted into glucose, commonly known as blood sugar. The glucose circulating in the blood and is used as a feed for cells of the body. But the cells cannot absorb the glucose all alone. It must be first of all that a hormone called insulin, produced in the pancreas, binds to the surface of the cells. Therefore, the cells of the body are activated and are able to absorb the glucose. This process returns the normal level of sugar in blood.

Diabetes mellitus is a disease that affects the body's ability to effectively use the blood glucose. In diabetes type I, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, the glucose cannot therefore be absorbed to resupply the cells. In type II diabetes, insulin is secreted, but it does not work correctly and the glucose is not absorbed regularly by the cells. These two types of diabetes have the same consequences: the glucose is not absorbed by the cells. That is why, people with diabetes have a high rate of sugar in blood. Without a proper absorption of glucose from the bloodstream, the cells are in lack of fuel.

Regardless of the type of diabetes they are reached, people with diabetes should monitor their blood sugar levels. Depending on the type and severity of the disease, diabetes can be managed with diet or medication.