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Treatment And Nutrition For Diabetes

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Treatment and Nutrition for Diabetes “In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes; approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have type one diabetes (Statistics About Diabetes ).” Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person’s body either doesn’t produce an adequate amount of insulin, their body doesn’t understand how to respond properly to insulin, or both. In a diabetic’s body, the lack of insulin allows sugar to remain in the bloodstream which then denies cells the right amount of sugar needed for fuel. There are three common forms of diabetes: type one, type two, or gestational. “Type one diabetes may account for five to ten percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes; type two diabetes may account for ninety to ninety-five of all diagnosed cases of diabetes; gestational occurs in two to five percent of all pregnancies but usually disappears when the pregnancy is over (William Hessel Library Database Remot...).” Diabetes is rising at an alarming rate, and while researchers don’t know what exactly causes type one, it’s believed to be linked to three things: genetics, autoimmunity, and virus or chemical. “Over half of the people that get type one diabetes have inherited the gene cell type DR3/DR4 (Peter Chase ).” But the immune system has also been known to attack the beta cells in the pancreas that are responsible for creating insulin. In the process, the immune system destroys the cells. Antibodies that include

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