The Carbohydrate Metabolism

The food that you intake is usually very rich in carbohydrate. Much of these carbohydrates in the food get converted to monosaccharide glucose with in a few hours. This converted glucose forms the principal carbohydrate in the blood.
The blood glucose is used up by most of the body cells for carrying out the cellular activities. […]

Type 1 Diabetes or Juvenile Diabetes

Type I Diabetes Mellitus is caused by inadequate amount of insulin secretion. Diabetes of this nature is found mainly in children. Juvenile Diabetes occurs due to the destruction of insulin producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in Pancreas.
Any disorder to self immune system of human body results in the generation of harmful and […]

Types of Diabetes

Depending on the causes and its effects on the human body diabetes is mainly classified into two:

Diabetes Mellitus – Caused by increased blood glucose level (Hyperglycemia, meaning high amount of sugar in blood) thus affecting the normal carbohydrate metabolism of the body.

Diabetes Insipidus – Caused by either kidney or pituitary gland damage leading to excretion […]

What is Diabetes?

The inability of human body to control blood sugar levels due to insufficient or abnormal amount of insulin in blood stream is said to be diabetes. Genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise are said to play vital roles in the cause of diabetes.
Human body gets energy from Glucose(blood sugar); which […]