Anyone who has the condition known as diabetes has a condition that creates a situation where the conversion of energy from the food they eat is faulty. We must all have glucose to provide us with sufficient energy to carry out everyday tasks. Diabetes interrupts the transportation of glucose around the body. As more and more glucose remains in the bloodstream blood glucose or blood sugar levels can rise too high.
This condition comes in two forms but only brief details are given here, Juvenile onset diabetes is called type one and usually, but not always, affects children and young adults and is where the body\'s production of insulin has ceased,affected individuals or diabetics must take insulin daily to survive. Insulin is a hormone that regulates the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood and is required for the body to function normally. Adult onset diabetes affects older people as the name suggests but differs from type one,this can be controlled by diet but is caused by problems with the insulin production or its function.
Many of the foods we eat such as bread, potatoes, rice, pasta and fruit are converted into sugar and give us the energy we need to maintain life. Many health conditions can be caused by long term high blood sugar levels including: poor vision, heart complaints, problems with the kidneys and in some cases even limb amputation. Good diabetes care and management can prevent or delay the onset of these complications,then many of the conditions associated with this condition can be slowed down considerably if not stopped altogether. Managing this condition means changing your lifestyle to suit your condition any medication that has been prescribed,this means maintaining the correct level of blood sugar, cholesterol and blood fat along with giving up cigarettes.
Your weight and blood pressure also need to be checked regularly and kept within the acceptable limits set by your doctor. The bad news about this is diabetes a life long condition,there are currently over five and half million Americans who have been diagnosed with this, and the numbers are rising. The problem is that here are probably another 5.each year there are over six hundred thousand new cases. The number of Americans who have diabetes and die each year is approximately 320,000 but only 34,000 die as a direct result of having the condition.
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