Are you aware that knowing the facts about diabetes can save your life. Well it can.

Diabetes is a disease brought on by either the body’s inability to make insulin type 1 diabetes) or by the body not responding to the effects of insulin (type 2 diabetes). It can also appear during pregnancy. Insulin is one of the main hormones that regulates blood sugar levels and allows the body to use sugar (called glucose) for energy.

Some Causes of Diabetes are as follows:

• Hereditary: This is one of the factors that affect a large proportion of people affected by diabetes. If either one of the parents or both are effected by diabetes, the chances of their offspring getting the same is quite high.
  
  
• Age: Age is another factor that one contributes to this disease. Though in the recent past there are reports that even infants are incurring this disease, but still the primary sufferers of this disease are the people in the middle age group and older.
  
  
• Proper Nutrition: An improper intake of protein and fiber or higher intakes of refined products are contributing factors.
  
• Obesity: Obesity or excess body weight is one of the major contributors for people suffering with diabetes. In other words, a person who keeps a check on his weight has far less chances of being affected than someone who is overweight.
  
  
• Stress: Though quite a recent occurrence, but is becoming a major reason for increase in cases of diabetes. Studies have shown that physical injury or an emotional disturbance is the initial reason for triggering diabetes.
  
  
• Hypertension: Studies have revealed that people suffering from hypertension have higher probability of being affected by diabetes.

The Information above is provided by the American Diabetes Society