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Diabetes Management
Diabetes Management
Diabetes Management
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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.
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. 

 
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSabina F.
Release dateMay 4, 2017
ISBN9788826084527
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    Diabetes Management - Sabina F.

    Table of Contents

    Title Page

    Chapter 1

    Diabetes

    Management

    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.

    Diabetes Epidemic

    With obesity levels being at an all time high, the epidemic of type 2 diabetes is growing at an alarming rate, and will only get worse.

    Between 2001

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