Diabetes
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the way your body regulates blood sugar (blood glucose). Our bodies break down the carbohydrates in food into blood glucose. Blood glucose provides our bodies with energy to function. Insulin is a hormone that our bodies need to get the glucose from our blood into our cells. There are two types of diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes can’t produce insulin. People with type 2 diabetes don’t respond as well to insulin as they should (insulin resistance) and often, over time, this leads to a lack of insulin production. While it is possible to manage diabetes through a healthy lifestyle and medication, both types of diabetes can lead to chronically...