Diabetes - 3rd Leading Cause of Death

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by admin

NEWS FLASH:
Diabetes - 3rd Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

Currently diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. It is a disease in which the body does not produce insulin* needed to absorb glucose (sugar).

*Insulin is a natural substance produced by your body, it allows sugar to be used by your body for energy.

If our body can’t produce insulin, the sugar in our body will accumulate in the blood-stream until the blood sugar levels become dangerously high. Diabetes affects more than 18,000,000 people and there are another 15,000,000 not yet diagnosed, just in the U.S. alone! An alarming statistics!

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