Saturday, March 28, 2009

If you have diabetes mellitus, why do you have high sugar levels before and after meals


If you have diabetes mellitus, why do you have high sugar levels before and after meals?

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1 :
Your body does not produce enough insulin (a chemical in the pancreas which converts sugar to usable energy) so the sugar and carbohydrates (which break down into sugars) levels in the blood are high
2 :
Either your cells are SO resistant to insulin they won't open up and let blood sugar in (type 2 Diabetes), or your body can't make enough insulin to tell the cells to open up (type 1 Diabetes). In either case, when you eat, your food is converted to blood sugar, then the blood sugar floats around for hours doing lots of damage to the nerves but never going into the fat or muscle cells. All that blood sugar from breakfast is still handing around at lunch time.







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Posted by Diabetes Melitus at 9:27 AM