Diabetes Maintenance

Diabetes mellitus is a disease that prevents your body from properly using the energy from the food you eat. Diabetes occurs in one of the following situations:

• The pancreas (an organ behind your stomach) produces little insulin or no insulin at all. Insulin is a naturally occurring hormone, produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, which helps the body use sugar for energy.
  

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• The pancreas makes insulin, but the insulin made doesn’t work as it should. This condition is called insulin resistance.