Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to glycogen, a kind of starch, and then store the glycogen. By need [...]

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The quest to find the best is really making people depressed. It is because of this cut-throat competition that people are unable to find some time to sit back and relax. That’s something which is putting people under sheer amount of stress. Stress is something that doesn’t come alone as it comes with so many [...]

To manage diabetes, one should have proper information about diabetes and should follow a diet plan to control blood glucose level. Diabetes Types Type 1 Diabetes In type 1 diabetes (Insulin dependent diabetes), also known as juvenile onset diabetes, patients depends on insulin. Some important points regarding type 1 diabetes are – 1. There is usually [...]

As per Ayurveda, the features of diabetes (madhumeha) are the sweetness of urine, weakness, boils, gangrene and drowsiness. Diabetes is a very common disease that can not be completely cured but can be managed (controlled) if proper care is taken. There are mainly two types of diabetes – type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.  [...]

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease caused by a lack of insulin (a hormone) in the human body. Insulin is needed by the body to metabolize (breakdown) the sugar that we eat. When insulin is not available the sugar levels in the body can rise to extremely high levels which can cause diseases of [...]

Diabetes is a common disease that can affect men, women as well as children. There are many complications of diabetes so it is important to know the factors that can increase the risk of diabetes. There are many factors that increase the risk of diabetes in an individual. This article is going to focus those [...]