Assertion: diabetes's body | /r/CapableOf | metabolize its own proteins
Facets:
value: to obtain the glucose
type: PURPOSE
value: in the absence of sufficient insulin
type: TEMPORAL
value: partly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Weight loss in type 1 diabetes patients occurs partly because of the loss of body fluid and partly because in the absence of sufficient insulin the body begins to metabolize its own proteins and stored fat.
text: This first occurs because the nitrogen component of protein is discarded in the blood when the body metabolizes its own proteins to obtain the glucose it needs.