What is it actually
Diabetes is a really serious illness that needs to be dealt with on a regular basis. It has no actual cure yet and is only manageable through regular medication and disciplined and healthy lifestyle choices. Let’s first discuss what Diabetes actually is and how it affects us. Diabetes is a condition where the body either stops producing insulin or produces it in small quantity but is effectively resistant to it and depending on either, it can be classified into type-1 and type-2 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is where the pancreas actually stops creating the hormone insulin due the body’s immune system attacking its islet cells. These cells are the ones that produce insulin. Type-2 occurs when the body becomes resistant to whatever insulin the pancreas is producing. How diabetes affects a healthy lifestyle! Both these conditions result in high blood sugar since the glucose in the blood is not absorbed by the cells in the body. This can cause long term symptoms like fati...