Overview- What is Diabetes? Diabetes Mellitus commonly referred to as Diabetes is a chronic metabolic health disorder in which blood glucose remains high due to insufficient production of insulin by the pancreas or our body’s inability to use it. Glucose is our body’s source of energy and is obtained by breaking down the food we eat, which is then released into the bloodstream. Glucose present in the bloodstream stimulates the pancreas to release insulin which is the hormone responsible for the uptake of glucose from the bloodstream into cells. When the pancreas is not able to make enough insulin or our cells
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