What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a life-long metabolism disease associated with the abnormality of human body in processing glucose into energy. It could happen because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin for the body, or the body can’t response to the insulin well (it is called ‘insulin resistance’), or it might be both. The lack of insulin production or the ineffective insulin production in human body cause the sugar levels (glucose) can’t be controlled properly so that the amount of glucose in the blood becomes high. By definition, diabetes is having a blood glucose level of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more after an overnight fast (not eating anything). If it is left untreated, high blood glucose levels can cause serious …show more content…
Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by pancreas and functioned as metabolism regulator which helps human body to use and store the sugar from what we eat. To get energy for our daily activities, our body will break down all the food and drinks we consumed into smaller simpler form that can be absorbed by our millions cells: glucose. Glucose is transported to those millions cells in our body through our bloodstream and insulin functioned to regulate the amount of glucose in our bloodstream. If our insulin production is not enough or ineffective, the cells can’t absorbed glucose and can’t produce energy; that’s why the glucose level in blood becomes high. Myths and Facts of Diabetes 1# Myth: Diabetics (people with diabetes) can’t eat sugar, sweet food and drinks. They should do a sugar-free diet. THAT’S NOT TRUE. Fact: People with diabetes can eat sugar. Instead of sugar-free diet, a balanced diet is much better, which can include some sugar in moderation. 2# Myth: Diabetes disease is a hereditary disease that is inherited through genes only. THAT’S NOT TRUE. Fact: Anyone can suffer diabetes. Diabetes also can be caused by overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity. So be careful! Unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and bad lifestyle may cause diabetes. Then who is at high risk of diabetes? Here they