More than 90% of all diabetes is type II or adult onset diabetes. At present,
conventional medicines are used as main medical treatment for diabetes. However, it is likely that there are many
side effects and the question of its effectiveness arises.
Diabetes occurs
either when the pancreas stops producing insulin or the body is unable to use
the insulin it produces. Both result in glucose, the body's fuel, not being
absorbed by the cells. Insulin is needed to be present and working for this
absorption to occur.
The onset of Type I
is usually sudden and severe, frequently occur in children. That is why it is
called juvenile onset diabetes. It is thought that a virus attacks the
pancreas so that it can no longer produce insulin. Insulin is the only hormone
in the body which can lower blood sugar. Its job is to carry sugar to the cells
where it's used to make energy. (Note
that kidney’s and red blood cells can take up glucose without the help of
insulin.) The blood sugar rises because the body's cells are not absorbing
glucose, and they begin to starve. As a result, the cells begin to use stored
fat or triglycerides as their fuel. The breakdown of triglycerides as a result
of being insulin resistant leads to elevated triglycerides and a condition
known as dyslipidemia.
