In the United states alone there are around four million people who suffer from this disease. Of these, approximately one-third, go undiagnosed.
Diabetes can develop at any age.
The likelihood of you getting this disease will gradually increase up to the age of forty. After age thirty, it will more commonly affect woman than men. The fundamental problem in diabetes is the bodies inability to metabolize glucose, which is a common form of sugar. This is a major process in creating body cell energy. Glucose is a chemical derivative of the carbohydrate in foods after they have been ingested.