What Is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a general condition caused by your body being not capable to break down glucose and use it efficiently. Glucose comes from broken down carbohydrates, particularly found in foods such as bread, rice, sugary foods, fruit and dairy products. Glucose is significant for providing us with energy for all sorts of things in the body, such as movement, or repairing any damage to the body. Carbohydrates are commonly broken down by the hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas, but for people with diabetes there is a difficulty with this process. Moreover the insulin they produce is not capable of breaking down the carbohydrates, or their bodies do not produce insulin. This implies that they have difficulty getting the glucose they require to use in their bodies.

There are deliberation to be two types of diabetes; Type I and Type II. Type I diabetes is caused by the body being unable produce any or an adequate amount of insulin to use the glucose, generally because the insulin producing cells have been damaged. This damage is predicted to be caused by a germ. This implies that glucose can be manufactured up in the blood stream. Type I diabetes is mostly common in persons below 40, particularly children.

In association to persons with Type I diabetes, those with Type II can still fabricate insulin in the pancreas. However, this can prove to be not adequate insulin, or insulin which does not work as it should do. This is usually known as Insulin Resistance. As a result, the glucose in the body is only partially broken down, and can build up in the blood stream. Type II diabetes has always been more common in those over 40, although it can be found at any age. Type II diabetes is also the most widespread form of diabetes, accounting for approximately 85-95% of all people with diabetes.