To Stay Alive We Need Energy

Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolism caused as a result of the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. We must all have glucose to provide us with sufficient energy to carry out everyday tasks. Diabetes causes problems with the distribution of glucose in the bloodstream. If the situation is not dealt with it doesn\'t take long for the body to build up high levels of glucose in the blood also known as \'high blood sugar levels\'.

If you do not know much about this problem, there is some basic information below. In type 1, which is also called juvenile onset diabetes or insulin-dependent where the body completely stops producing any insulin; daily injections of insulin are needed if the diabetic patient does not want to die. The drug insulin plays the major role of ensuring the glucose level remain at a safe level. Type two affects adults and is sometimes called late onset diabetes; this can be controlled by diet but is caused by problems with the insulin production or its function.

To stay alive we need energy, something which is supplied in abundance by everyday foods like various pastas, bread, potatoes, rice and fruit for instance. High blood glucose levels over a long period of time can cause blindness, heart disease, kidney problems, and amputations. However, it is possible to manage diabetes by maintaining a strict health regime; some of these conditions can be slowed down whilst others can even be stopped. It is possible to live a relatively normal life provided you stick to the plan laid out by your doctor; this means maintaining the correct level of blood sugar, cholesterol and blood fat along with giving up cigarettes.

You will also need to maintain your weight, and maintain your blood pressure to within the guidelines set by your doctor. The bad news about this is diabetes a life long condition; currently approx 3.6 percent of the World population or about 8.5 million Americans, are known to have this health problem. The problem is that here are probably another 7.5 million people who have this condition but just don\'t know it; each year there are over six hundred thousand new cases. Official figures show that diabetes causes the death of over thousand people in America every year but deaths from citizens that have the condition but do not die directly from it is about 320,000.

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