Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that happens when blood sugar (glucose) is too high (hyperglycemia). Glucose is the body’s main source of energy, and the pancreas produces the hormone insulin that converts glucose from the food you eat into energy the body uses. When the body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t produce any at all, or the body becomes insulin resistant, glucose doesn’t reach the cells to be used for energy. This results in diabetes.
Types of diabetes include:
Type 1 diabetes (formerly called juvenile diabetes) is an autoimmune condition in which the body does not produce insulin
Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, is a condition in which the body does not produce adequate insulin or does not use it efficiently
Gestational diabetes develops in some women during pregnancy and usually goes away after the baby is born




















