What is diabetes? Diabetes, also referred to as diabetes mellitus, is classed as a metabolism disorder. A person with diabetes has a condition on which the quantity of glucose in the blood is to elevated. The reason for this is becasue the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or the insulin produced by the pancreas isn't responded to well by the body. There are over 20 million Americans suffering form diabetes toady, and many more who my not unknowingly have the disease.
There are two types of diabetes. The first type is type one diabetes, or insulin dependant diabetes mellitus, an the second is typs two diabetes, or non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus.
A person very close to has type one diabetes. When i asked them how they deal wuith it they told me"everdsy is a struggle but my health is important to me so I do what I have to do." When i asked about their eating habits they told me, "I can eat whatever I choose to eat. The only rule is that I have to take my insulin after I eat for the carbohydrtes I've eaten." During the interview I also asked if they chose to eat healthier on their own. They respoinded "I eat a somewhat healthy becasue I want to, not because of doctors orders, but I know if I diodn't eat healthy sometimes, that my diabetes could be alot worse."
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