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Normally, sugars and starches (carbohydrates) in the foods we eat are processed by digestive juices into glucose. Glucose circulates in the blood as a major energy source for body functions. Its use is regulated primarily by insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas gland (located behind the stomach). Islets are the cells that produce insulin within the pancreas. In the person with diabetes, there is a malfunction in the production of insulin. There are three …

…the fact, or do not known that they have diabetes and keep on eating foods that thy are not supposed to and are not exercising, they will not get too far before a really serious injury occur to them. I known a lot of people that have had diabetes for years, but they just watch what they eat, and either inject insulin into their bodies or take some kind of pill, and they are fine.