How To Understand diabetes
Diet & Health • Medical Diagnosis
Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, a sugar that is the body's main source of fuel. Like a CD player needs batteries, your body needs glucose to keep running. Here's how it should work. You eat.
Glucose from the food gets into your bloodstream. Your pancreas produces a hormone called insulin. Insulin helps the glucose get into the body's cells. Your body gets the energy it needs.
