Diabetes mellitus is a disease that prevents your body from using energy from the food you eat. Diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin at all (“What is Diabetes?”). It can also occur when the pancreas makes insulin, but the insulin made does not work like it should. This is called insulin resistance (“What is Diabetes?”).

Diabetes is very hard to diagnose because the symptoms seem so harmless. Some signs and symptoms of diabetes are p

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plasma membrane. It exerts a synergistic effect on glucose transport. Therefore exercise is highly recommended with precaution for diabetics. It is important to self-monitor blood glucose levels before, during and after exercise to determine the effect exercise has on

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness with mild to severe long-term complications. Complications of the illness cause problems for the patient and their family members. The problem may include pain, physical disabilities, lifestyle changes, hospitalization, and/or death (Bradley, 1990). These problems lead to complications that make it harder for the patient to live a productive life. Adults with non-insulin dependant or insulin diabetes have cognition function disorders such as depression or anxiety. Young people with this illness have more eating disorders that include anorexia or bulimia (Bradley, 1990).

For control of diabetes it is important to keep your blood sugar close to normal. Just because a person has diabetes does not mean that they need the same nutrition as a person without diabetes. Eating a regular, well balanced diet may help to improve a persons overall health. To help manage diabetes it is important to eat the right amount of food and to keep their weight under control.

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