Firstly it is worth recalling that diabetes is a disorder of metabolism, ie the process whereby the foods we eat are converted into energy.
Insulin has a key role in the process, because during the break down food digestion in order to create glucose, one of the body’s energy sources.
Glucose enters the blood, which allows insulin to enter cells. When people have diabetes that happens: either the pancreas does not produce insulin or produces too little, which is known as Type 1 Diabetes. And type 2 diabetes occurs when cells do not respond to insulin production. (more…)
