Okay!... I think that almost all of us have all heard of diabetes (being on a diabetes website)... but what exactly IS diabetes and what of types 1 & 2 diabetes? Why are there different types of diabetes, such as the one in pregnancy? Most importantly, will you end up with either of these types of diabetes yourself?
What exactly is diabetes, how does it happen and can I catch it?Here is a short rundown to help you to understand diabetes.
Our body cells need nutrients to survive. These nutrients come in the following form
- Proteins - which are essential for growth and repair of muscle and other body tissue.
- Fats - these are one source of energy and important in relation to fat soluble vitamins
- Carbohydrates - this is our main source of energy
- Minerals - these are inorganic elements occurring in the body and which are critical to its normal functions
- Vitamins - are water and fat soluble vitamins that play important roles in many chemical processes within our bodies
- Water - this is essential to normal body function - as a vehicle for carrying other nutrients and because 60% of the human body is water
- Roughage - this is the fibrous indigestible portion of our diet and is essential to the health of the digestive system
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