Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which your body is not able to use food properly. Normally, most of the food you eat is changed into glucose (sugar), which is the body's main energy source. For your body to use this energy, the glucose must get into the cells. Insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas, is the "key" that helps glucose get into your cells.
If you have diabetes, insulin is not made in your body, or it does not work right. This causes glucose to build up in your blood, which can lead to serious health problems. Having high blood glucose levels over time causes most of the health complications of diabetes. --FCS8706, Living with Diabetes
UF/IFAS Web Resources
Publications
- Carbohydrate Counting: Meals for Diabetes
- Diabetes Meal Planning: Managing Your Carbohydrate Intake
- Healthy Living: Diabetes Care During Sick Days
- Healthy Living: Diabetes Warning Signs
- Living with Diabetes: Putting Together an Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Meal Planning for Adults with Diabetes
- Reducing Your Risk for Diabetes: A Resource Guide
- Reducing Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: The Power of Food
- Symptoms and Treatment of Low Blood Glucose
- Women and Diabetes
