What is Diabetes?
When you eat, your body breaks down the sugars and starches from food into glucose. The body uses insulin to convert glucose into energy. Glucose is the basic fuel for cells in your body. If your body does not produce enough insulin, you may develop diabetes. This also happens if your body's cells ignore insulin. When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, you can have diabetes complications.
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Most of us who have had diabetes for at least a few years are likely to be familiar with the main types of diabetes: type 1, which is autoimmune, and type 2, which involves insulin resistance. We may also be aware of some minor types like LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of adults), a slower-onset form of autoimmune diabetes that…
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