It is estimated that over 16 million people in the US alone has diabetes. Diabetes can have serious lifelong conditions. Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolism.
Metabolism is the way our body digests food for growth and energy.
Most of the food we eat is broken downby our digestive juices into simple sugar. This simple sugar is called glocose. Glocose is the main source of fuel for the body. For this source of fuel to get into the cells insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas.