Compared with women, men known to be more likely to suffer from diabetes mellitus. The scientists managed to find the answer, partly because men are biologically at higher risk. Type 2 diabetes is caused by too much glucose in the blood caused by the ability of the body to regulate sugar in some of the [...]

Net Carbohydrate are those carbohydrates that can be digested and processed by the body as food carbohydrates. Therefore, they directly affect blood sugar. You can decide how many net carbs you are eating by subtracting grams of fiber, glycerin and sugar alcohols from the total grams of carbohydrates. Net carbs are the only carbs you [...]

Insulin is a hormone that is central to regulating the energy and glucose metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle. Insulin stops the use of fat as an energy source. When insulin [...]

About a quarter of people with new type 1 diabetes have developed some degree of diabetic ketoacidosis (a type of metabolic acidosis which is caused by high concentrations of ketone bodies, formed by the breakdown of fatty acids and the deamination of amino acids) by the time the diabetes is recognized. The diagnosis of other [...]

The digestive system builds the dietary carbohydrates that are contained in, for example, sugar, bread and other cereal products, to glucose (dextrose) from. This is absorbed by the intestinal wall into the blood and distributed throughout the body. The pancreas produces in ?-cells of the islets of Langerhans of the insulin hormone. Insulin increases in [...]