In America, about 15 million Americans have diabetes and about half of them have not been diagnosed by it. Diabetes is a complex disorder of the body's chemistry. In our body, the components of food are broken down into glucose, which the body uses as an energy supply. In a person with diabetes, the glucose or sugar in the body cannot or has trouble in breaking down. Insulin, the main cause of all diabetes-related diseases is …showed first 75 words of 1195 total…

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