Diabetes

Glucose is the ultimate source of energy of our body. The body converts the various foods such as sugar and starch into glucose with the help of a hormone produced in the pancreas called insulin. This hormone converts food into glucose and is transported to all the cells of the body by blood. When the proper supply of glucose to the cells is disturbed because of either insulin is not produced properly or it is not used properly, the condition is called diabetes.

Types:

Type 1 diabetes: when the body fails to produce insulin.

Type 2 diabetes: when body fails to properly use insulin (condition also called insulin resistance).

Gestational diabetes: temporary diabetes during pregnancy.

Pre-diabetes: you do not fall under a diabetic and yet your glucose level is higher than normal.