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What is DiaBetes?
Diabetes is the condition in which the
body does not properly process food
for use as energy. Most of the food we
eat is turned into sugars, or glucose,
for our bodies to use for energy. the
pancreas, an organ that lies near the
stomach, makes a hormone called
insulin to help glucose get into the
cells of our bodies. insulin acts as a
"key" to open the cells. When you
have diabetes, this system does not
work. your body either doesn't make
enough insulin or can't use its own
insulin as well as it should. this causes
sugars to build up in your blood. this
is why many people refer to diabetes
as "sugar."
there are two main types of diabetes,
known as type 1 DiABetes and type
2 DiABetes. Click on the links to read
more about these two types.
Diabetes can strike anyone, from any
walk of life.
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