Type 1 Diabetes Body
In this paper I’m going to be talking about diabetes and how it effects people’s lives. In 2015 there was 415 million people worldwide that have diabetes that’s more people than the population of the United States and United Kingdom combined. Every year around 1.5 million people die from diabetes because they didn’t manage it correctly. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood sugar is too high or too low. Blood sugar is the main source of energy for the body. Blood sugar is also known as glucose that comes from carbohydrate foods that we eat. There are two different types of carbohydrate food, the good and the bad. The good carbohydrate foods would include beans, whole grains, fruit and nuts. The bad carbohydrates would include
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People develop type 2 when their bodies don’t make insulin or use insulin the proper way. This type of diabetes can develop at any age. Equally important as type 2 diabetes type 1 diabetes can develop in younger adults and children. Type 1 occurs when your body doesn’t make insulin on its own. The reason this happens is because the immune system kills the cell that produce insulin in the pancreas. The bad thing about this diabetes is that the people that have it have to take insulin shots for the rest of their lives. Furthermore there is gestational diabetes. This diabetes happen when women are pregnant. This type of diabetes goes way after child …show more content…
The first myth that I want to talk about is people saying that diabetes is not a serious disease. Diabetes is a serious disease because it can cause strokes, blindness and kidney failure. Another myth is that if you are overweight then you will automatically have diabetes. This is so not true because you can be overweight and still not have diabetes. What is more, people think that insulin may harm them. Everyone’s body makes insulin so it’s not going to hurt anyone. In addition to insulin, the fourth myth that people think are true is that if you have diabetes then you have to take shots. This is not true there are oral medications, blood sugar meters, insulin pens that people can also use. As a final point, diabetics can have sweets but it’s better for them to eat them in small portions and with a meal so that they will be digested slowly and won’t raise their blood
People develop type 2 when their bodies don’t make insulin or use insulin the proper way. This type of diabetes can develop at any age. Equally important as type 2 diabetes type 1 diabetes can develop in younger adults and children. Type 1 occurs when your body doesn’t make insulin on its own. The reason this happens is because the immune system kills the cell that produce insulin in the pancreas. The bad thing about this diabetes is that the people that have it have to take insulin shots for the rest of their lives. Furthermore there is gestational diabetes. This diabetes happen when women are pregnant. This type of diabetes goes way after child …show more content…
The first myth that I want to talk about is people saying that diabetes is not a serious disease. Diabetes is a serious disease because it can cause strokes, blindness and kidney failure. Another myth is that if you are overweight then you will automatically have diabetes. This is so not true because you can be overweight and still not have diabetes. What is more, people think that insulin may harm them. Everyone’s body makes insulin so it’s not going to hurt anyone. In addition to insulin, the fourth myth that people think are true is that if you have diabetes then you have to take shots. This is not true there are oral medications, blood sugar meters, insulin pens that people can also use. As a final point, diabetics can have sweets but it’s better for them to eat them in small portions and with a meal so that they will be digested slowly and won’t raise their blood