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Everyone knows that the human body constantly
needs fuel in the form of food to keep going. Any disruption of the
energy supply chain to the human body can cause irreparable damages to
the organs and may even cause illness and death.
Digestion is the process by which our body breaks down the food
we eat into smaller pieces so that it can be absorbed by the body and
the food we eat is divided into three categories– carbohydrates, fatty
acids and proteins. All the three types of foods are ultimately broken
down into glucose or blood sugar by a hormone present in the body called
insulin that is manufactured by the pancreas. The pancreatic cells which
manufacture insulin are called Beta Cells and they normally produce more
than enough insulin to take care of our body.
Our bodies use this
insulin to absorb the blood sugar into our cells. When the body is not
able to produce enough insulin due to genetic and environmental factors
it causes the glucose to remain in the bloodstream causing harm to most
of the organs.
Diabetes is that bodily disorder which does not
produce enough insulin to regulate the breakdown of the blood sugar in
the human body. If a person is diabetic, either his cells have become
insulin resistant, or his body may not be producing enough insulin. In
this situation, the glucose will not be absorbed by the cells and will
get accumulated in the bloodstream and harm other organs of the body.
Diabetes
is normally categorized in two main and one subcategory– Type I, Type II
diabetes and Gestational diabetes. Both Type I and II are chronic in
nature (they cannot be cured but can only be treated) and gestational
diabetes is normally a passing phase which occurs during ends after the
mother gives birth to the child.
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