All kinds of diabetes have in common is that they result in too much glucose or sugar in the blood. But we all require some glucose as it provides us with energy. We get glucose when the carbohydrates gets break down and then the glucose is released in our blood. We also require a hormone known as insulin and it is manufactured by pancreas. Insulin allows glucose in the blood to enter in the cells and fuel your bodies.

If you are not suffering from diabetes, then pancreas senses when glucose entered in the bloodstream and releases the right quantity of insulin, so the glucose can enter inside your cells. But if you are suffering from diabetes, then this system doesn’t work.

There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2.

Both types of diabetes are chronic diseases that affect the way your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose. Glucose is the fuel that feeds your body’s cells, but to enter your cells it needs a key. Insulin is that key.

People with type 1 diabetes don’t produce insulin. You can think of it as not having a key.

People with type 2 diabetes don’t respond to insulin as well as they should and later in the disease often don’t make enough insulin. You can think of it as having a broken key.

Both types of diabetes can lead to chronically high blood sugar levels. That increases the risk of diabetes complications. Complications