Sugar Diabetes

Sugar Diabetes

Sugar diabetes affects an estimated 20.8 million Americans, or 7% of the U.S. population, although over 6 million sufferers are not aware that they have it. It is a general term for a number of disorders that prevent the body from regulating its blood sugar level, which can lead to serious complications.

Blood sugar level is determined by the amount of glucose in the blood. Glucose is produced when we digest starchy foods such as bread, rice and potatoes, and sweet foods including sugar and chocolate. Glucose is also made in the liver.

Insulin is a hormone that carries glucose through the cells of our bodies, where it is used to produce energy. Sugar diabetes sufferers either have a lack of insulin, or cannot use what they have efficiently. This means that glucose remains in the blood producing symptoms of sugar diabetes.

There are two common varieties of sugar diabetes, now known as Diabetes type 1, which accounts for 10% of cases, and the more common Diabetes type 2. The main differences between the two types are:

• • With Diabetes type 1, the body is unable to produce insulin at all, whereas with Diabetes type 2 sugar diabetes, the body produces too little insulin, or cannot use what it produces effectively.

• • Diabetes type 1 sufferers usually develop symptoms of sugar diabetes in childhood, whereas those that have Diabetes type 2 do not necessarily show symptoms at all before diagnosis.

• • People with Diabetes type 1 suffer from low blood sugar episodes. This only occurs with Diabetes type 2 sugar diabetes if it is being treated with insulin.

• • Diabetes type 1 sugar diabetes cannot be prevented. The onset of Diabetes type 2 can be prevented or delayed by attention to healthy diet and exercise.

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