What is diabetes exactly?
Most doctors would define diabetes as a chronic condition in which your body is unable to produce insulin or enough insulin. Insulin is basically a hormone released by your pancreas responsible for controlling the amount of glucose in your blood.
If you’re a healthy person, the insulin released by your pancreas helps with the storage of fats and sugar. However, if you have diabetes, this hormone doesn’t work as it should, resulting in high blood sugar levels and several diabetes symptoms.
Equally important is the fact that there are two different types of diabetes (type 1 and type 2). So, are you completely aware of the differences between the two?
