Understanding Diabetes
This hormone acts like a "key" to let blood sugar into your body's cells for use as energy.
What is insulin?
This type of diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body attacks cells in the pancreas, producing little to no insulin.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
This form of diabetes develops in some women during pregnancy.
What is gestational diabetes?
The pancreas produces little to no insulin, or the body resists it, making this the most common form of diabetes.
What is Type 2 diabetes?
As a chronic health condition, diabetes specifically affects how your body turns this into energy.
What is food (or glucose / sugar)?