Diabetes : Definition, Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

February 1, 2016 0 Comments

  Definition : Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a set of related diseases in which the body cannot regulate the amount of sugar (specifically, glucose) in the blood. The blood delivers glucose to provide the body with energy to perform all of a person’s daily activities.   The liver converts the food a person eats into …

What is Insulin?

July 29, 2012 0 Comments

Insulin is a hormone produced by our body’s pancreas. Its function is to make the cells in our body absorb glucose from the blood as their source of energy. Without insulin in the blood, the cells cannot absorb glucose and uses fat instead as energy source. Insulin also plays a vital role in amino acid …