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The metabolic disorder that does not allow processed food to be converted into energy or growth properly is called diabetes. Our bodies use glucose, a form of sugar which our digestive system has broken down from the food we eat, which is then transported around the body via the bloodstream. Diabetes causes problems with the distribution of glucose in the bloodstream. The health risks are the direct result of a build up of glucose in the blood instead of it being carried around the body for the cells to have energy.

There are two main types of the condition; both are discussed briefly in this article. Juvenile onset diabetes is called type one and usually, but not always, affects children and young adults and is where the body’s production of insulin has ceased; daily injections of insulin are needed if the diabetic patient does not want to die. The purpose of insulin is to regulate the amount of glucose in our blood. Type 2 is also called adult onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes; the body is still producing insulin but there is a problem with its production or use, but fortunately this type can be treated with a special diet.

Those energy foods which we all need to live are pasta, rice, potatoes, bread and fruit of course. Many health conditions can be caused by long term high blood sugar levels including: poor vision, heart complaints, problems with the kidneys and in some cases even limb amputation.

However, it is possible to manage diabetes by maintaining a strict health regime; some of the possible conditions will be halted completely whilst others will be delayed. Care of your condition relies on you maintaining certain aspects and any prescribed medication must be taken routinely; it is very important that you don’t smoke and maintain your blood glucose levels, cholesterol and other blood fats within your target range.

Stable weight is also a requirement that will help ensure your blood pressure is maintained at a health level. Diabetes is a life long condition if you are unlucky enough to contract it; in America there are more than five and a half million recognized sufferers.

One of the most frightening things is that it is estimated that at least the same number of people has this condition but just don’t know it yet; it is known that six hundred thousand new cases of will be diagnosed this and every year. Official figures show that diabetes causes the death of over thirty four thousand people in America every year but deaths from citizens that have the condition but do not die directly from it is about 320,000.