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| Insulin
Nutrients that we ingest from food are converted in the body into glucose, which
serves as the body's energy source. Blood carries glucose through blood vessels to
every part of the body. The hormone known as insulin plays a critical role when
glucose enters the body cells. When the body doesn't produce enough or stops
producing insulin, glucose still continues to circulate in the blood stream without ever
entering into the cells. This is the condition we call diabetes. The sugar level in the
blood is too high while cells are malnourished. Excess blood sugar is passed
through the kidneys and gets excreted in urine, but this requires large quantities of
fluid. This is why people with diabetes at the early stage require drinking large
amounts of water and having to go to the washroom more often. But many diabetics
at the early stages are unaware they are sick, which itself is a problem.
In addition blood glucose tends to bond with proteins, which accumulate and
damage the blood vessel walls. As diabetes progresses, blood glucose will damage
the fine capillaries in the retina and the kidney, also harming the cranial and
coronary blood vessels. So it is important to protect the islets of Langerhans
to assure the body's supply of insulin.
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