Diabetes (diabetes) is a disorder of metabolism - the way our body uses food utilized for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose - the form in which sugar circulates in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.
After the digestive process glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by cells to provide growth and energy. In order for glucose to reach the cells need the presence of insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas - a large gland behind the stomach (pancreas).
When
we eat, the pancreas automatically forms the correct amount of insulin
needed to transport glucose from the blood into our cells. But
in people with diabetes the pancreas produces insufficient insulin or
do not produce it, or the cells do not respond adequately to insulin
produced. Glucose accumulates in the blood in the urine and passes out of the body along with it. Thus the body loses its main source of energy, though the blood contains large amounts of glucose.
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