Knowing Your Diabetes

If the problem is with sugar rather than fat the result is diabetes.  Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.

When you eat, your body breaks down food into sugar.  Sugar is used as a source of energy by your body.  Sugar travels through your bloodstream to all the cells in your body.  Sensing what you have eaten, your body releases insulin, which is made by your pancreas.  Insulin takes the sugar from the blood into your body’s cells to be used for energy.  This energy supports all of the body’s functions needed to stay alive.

Contact Information:
Patrick Dunn, MS/MBA
Director, Clinical Development
HealthCall, LLC
817-914-1883
pdunn@healthcall.com