Understanding the Core Problem: Insulin and Blood Sugar

To understand what causes diabetes, it helps to first understand what’s happening inside the body. When you eat carbohydrates (bread, rice, pasta, fruit, sugar, etc.), your digestive system breaks them down into glucose, which enters the bloodstream. Glucose is the body’s main fuel source, but it cannot effectively enter most cells without insulin. Insulin is […]

Causes of Diabetes

Heredity is a major factor of diabetes. That diabetes can be inherited has been known for centuries. However, the pattern of inheritance is not fully understood. Statistic indicates that those with a family history of the disease have a higher risk of developing diabetes than those without such a background. The risk factor is 25 […]