Diet for Diabetics and their Limitations

Abstract

Diabetes affects different people in different ways depending on their degree of diabetic complication. Diabetes is the leading cause of premature deaths. Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not use the sugars in food in the usual way. Diabetics produce too little insulin or none at all, or cannot use insulin properly. Type I diabetes always requires insulin, diet, and exercise. Insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents are only prescribed for Type II diabetics. Whatever type of diabetes it may be the key to proper control is balancing the glucose and the insulin in the blood. Good management of diabetes needs healthy food intake and also fitness. J ou rna l o f D ia be tes & M e ta bolism