Diabetes Facts
Minimizing the Damaging Effects

Diabetes Facts

Diabetes is a chronic health condition in which the body is either unable to produce insulin, produces too little insulin, or becomes resistant to insulin, resulting in the improper breakdown of sugar (glucose). As a result blood sugar levels rise to a dangerous level.

It is a serious condition that needs controlling and maintaining to avoid complications

When a person eats sugars and starches, the body changes them rapidly into a sugar called glucose.

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Glucose is the main source of body energy. Your liver produces some glucose and you get the rest through the above digestion process. It is absorbed from the intestine and is metabolized and used immediately where it is needed by all cells in the body via glucose transportation, and the rest is stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen for future requirement.

In diabetes, the mechanism that controls the amount of glucose in the blood breaks down. The blood glucose level rises to dangerously high levels as a result, causing symptoms and damage to the body.

Glucose is transported by a signal produced by insulin. After transportation insulin triggers its correct dispersion.

Insulin is a hormone (part of the endocrine system) produced by beta cells (islets of Langerhans) in the pancreas. It manages how much glucose the liver produces and helps glucose to be taken up by the cells where it is used as energy. Insulin acts as a key to unlock the cells so that blood sugar can be stored in them. High blood sugar levels can be related to not enough keys (insulin), or an inefficient lock (cell entry point), or both.

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Diabetes is actually a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both, resulting in either hypo- (abnormally low blood sugar) or hyperglycaemia (an elevated concentration of glucose in the blood).

The primary type of diabetes is type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes consists of a resistance to insulin produced by the body. Obesity is a heavy contributor to its development, and high (imbalanced) cholesterol levels.

Insulin resistance occurs when the body fails to respond effectively to the insulin already produced by the pancreatic beta cells.

Type 2 diabetes usually affects adults following a trigger. This could be another illness or the effects of obesity..

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A diet emphasizing complex carbohydrates, fiber, whole grains, legumes and vegetables may help to reduce the requirement for insulin dependence by slowing and controlling glucose release.

It is also desirable to take professional supplementation that can further support a good diet. However, any such supplement should be addressing more than just blood sugar levels. It is important that ingredients also concentrate on whole organ and body protection, to strengthen against diseases of diabetic complication and indeed to greatly reduce risks of such complications.

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Note: It is important when you are using Diabet-Eze that you monitor your blood sugar levels as you may be able to reduce your daily dose rate of this product. It you take insulin it is possible that your amount may be able to be adjusted downwards…but, only after consultation with your Doctor.

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