Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells cannot effectively use insulin. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. The glucose makes its way into the blood stream and the cell use it for energy and growth. If there is no insulin the glucose cannot enter the cells and it stays therer and in the blood and bulid to higher and higer levels. And at this time a person will develop the disease. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Type I diabetes is not the most common. It affects about five or ten percent of the population. This type is most likely to begin at childhood, it as considers to be an autoimmune disorder where the immune system attack and destroy the cells in the pancreas