What Is Diabetes? and How Diabetes Works
Diabetes Truths and Control
7:17 AM
What Is Diabetes? and How Diabetes Works
Diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body uses food. Normally, your body converts sugars, starches, and other foods into a form of sugar called glucose. Your body uses glucose for fuel. The cells receive glucose through the bloodstream. They then use insulin (a hormone made by the pancreas) to absorb the glucose, convert it into energy, and either uses it or store it for later use.
In diabetes, something goes wrong with this process. Food is changed into glucose, but either your body doesn't make enough insulin or it can't properly use the insulin it produces. When the glucose is unable to enter the cells, it begins to build up in the bloodstream. High blood glucose levels, or as they're sometimes known – high blood-sugar levels, are one of the main signs of undiagnosed diabetes. The goal of treatment for all types of diabetes is to keep blood sugar at or near-normal levels.
Your body breaks down the food you eat during digestion. Food is broken down into three groups: proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Meat, fish, eggs, and other dairy products give you the protein you need. Fats are found in vegetable oils, meat, cheese, and some dairy products. Carbohydrates find their way into your body through starches and sugars. Bread, pasta, fruits, and vegetables all have starches and sugars.
Carbohydrates then break down into blood sugar. This glucose gives you the energy that you need. Energy for a brisk walk, a run after a child, an aerobics class ... all come from carbohydrates.
Blood sugar needs the help of insulin to absorb glucose. Insulin is produced by the pancreas, along with other enzymes important for digesting food.
A diabetic's body may produce little or no insulin, or the cells may become insulin resistant. When the cells don't fully assimilate the glucose, it begins to collect. Eventually, the body will rid itself of the excess glucose through frequent urination. This is one of the first symptoms of diabetes.
If someone suffers from diabetes, the glucose in the blood can't properly serve the cells. This high level of glucose in the bloodstream will then eventually harm the body's organs and tissues.
Diabetes Type 2.is fully curable these days and patients are been successfully been treated.
What Is Diabetes? and How Diabetes Works
Reviewed by Diabetes Truths and Control
on
7:17 AM
Rating:
Reviewed by Diabetes Truths and Control
on
7:17 AM
Rating:
