We need to change our lifestyle of eating too much sweet and fatty foods.
Too little exercise or no exercise at all, leads us to the gaping mouth of a diabetes epidemic.
Remember that prevention is better than cure.
Diabetes mellitus is the absence or inadequate amount of insulin in the body.
Another case would be, that insulin resistance, in which the body cannot use insulin effectively.
The body needs insulin to convert the sugar intake into energy.
Once of the causes of diabetes is the absence of insulin in the blood.
Normally, it is produced by the pancreas.
However, due to the absence of insulin, sugar cannot enter the cells; instead the glucose accumulate in the bloodstream, resulting to high levels of glucose in the blood.
In a normal person, the cells are able to convert blood sugar into energy, to be to perform daily tasks.
To do this, the pancreas produces a hormone, known as insulin that acts as a key so the blood sugar molecules can enter the cell and be converted into energy.
Below are the differences between Type I and Type II diabetes.
Type-1 Diabetes-this is usually genetic coming from either parents or close relatives, so even children can be afflicted.
The pancreas doesn't produce insulin, so a type 1 diabetic constantly needs daily injections of insulin.
In type-1 diabetes, the pancreas is unable to produce insulin; so the blood sugar cannot enter the cell.
This starves the cell, sometimes resulting to fatal complications.
Type-2 Diabetes-either the pancreas produce inadequate insulin, or the insulin is rejected by the cells.
Type-diabetics comprise almost 90- 95% of all diabetes cases worldwide.
In type-2 diabetes, the pancreas makes insulin, but either the amount is inadequate or some of the insulin is not effectively used by the body.