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Diabetes is perhaps one of the most common but rarely understood diseases of the human body. The staggering number of people afflicted this disease is ever increasing. This calls each one of us to re-examine our knowledge of this disease. A solid background and understanding of this disease will allow us to understand what to do best to prevent the disease.

Looking through Diabetes

Many people assume that diabetes is as simple as having elevated blood glucose or sugar. This very simplistic explanation fails to capture the true seriousness of this disease. True comprehension of diabetes goes beyond just knowing that it can result to increased glucose.

Diabetes happens because the body has a defect or imbalance in using up glucose in the body. Glucose is the body’s product of food metabolism which serves as the body’s fuel. Glucose must be maintained at a stable level to keep us from feeling weak. However, too much of this glucose could cause several problems in the body too. Diabetics could be divided into these three subgroups.

First category of diabetics are those with a genetic defect in the pancreas, making it unable to produce the hormone insulin that the body needs to regulate glucose. Insulin leads glucose into the cell and out of the bloodstream. Diet is not as effective as artificial insulin and medications in type 1 diabetes.

The second type of diabetes has more success of being controlled through diet. A person with this type of diabetes has high blood glucose but can be controlled by control in diet and exercise.

Third is artificial diabetes like condition that occurs in pregnant woman. Pregnant women produce a hormone that creates an opposite effect of insulin, thus causing an increase in glucose.

Diet and Diabetes

Diet is one of the most important and effective measures against diabetes. Diet is actually one of those listed in the triad of treatment against diabetes namely: diet, exercise and medications. Diet is also a suggested strategy to fight diabetes type 1 and pregnancy induced (gestational) diabetes. With placing limits on the kind of food we eat, we can greatly decrease the negative effects of diabetes.

In addition, control in diet can decrease obesity. There are many studies that show a link between abdominal obesity and increased risk for diabetes. An accumulation of fat in the waists can make the pancreas less able to function and make insulin production less effective too. Whe insulin production is ineffective, the body loses control on glucose regulation. While trying to find ways to control diabetes may be hard, inclusion of proper diet can make the ordeal easier. Diabetes management must start early if you want to have a chance at recovery or control. Letting the condition grow without treatment will make control of symptoms almost impossible. Practice caution in diet to make living with diabetes a lot easier.