This page is a platform open to members and the public for the exchange of knowledge and experience in diabetes. The number of people with diabetes is expected to increase alarmingly in the coming decades. Urbanization is a risk factor for diabetes. Up to 80 % of type 2 Diabetes is preventable by adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity. Join hands, so that we can help prevent the
next epidemic which is going to hit India. Diabetes is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies. When our food is digested the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose. Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, and lowers the blood sugar level. A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too high (hyperglycemia). This is because the body does not produce enough insulin nor has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin. This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.
