Diabetes The Stranger

By Author: Latoya Valentine
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Finding out the causes of diabetes mellitus are just like finding out information about a stranger in your work place or class, you may get to know some information about them but never everything. With all the information given about diabetes the causes of diabetes are still not clearly known.

When a person has been diagnosed with having diabetes the first reaction is to cut sugar out of their diet. Sugar and sugar products should be limited but what people should know is that to control their glucose levels one has to control their entire carbohydrates intake. Many people don't know that sugar is a carbohydrate and that all carbohydrates are metabolized (changed) into glucose. Carbohydrates are both sweet and savory so it gets tricky when choosing the right foods the best way is to check the packaging labels stick to the low carbohydrates.

The name sugar diabetes draws many people to believing that the main cause of diabetes is the intake of sugar but this is just a myth. The name sugar diabetes comes from the name Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes is a Greek word that means that which passes through named ...
... this due to the glucose been excreted through urine and mellitus means in Latin honey/sweet or refers to a bee named this because of the way by which people use to test for diabetes in the past which was to taste the urine and if it had a sweet taste they could be diagnosed with having diabetes mellitus. The high glucose release is due to an insulin imbalance due to the pancreas not performing the way it is suppose to. Glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body in the urine. Thus, the body loses its main source of fuel even though the blood contains large amounts of glucose.

The causes of diabetes mellitus differs from one patient to another, with two main types of diabetes been detected diabetes mellitus type 1 and diabetes mellitus type 2.

The top known causes of diabetes:
1One of the commonest causes of diabetes in children and adults is the family history of the disease. (mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister had/has it)
2.Obesity or over weight- caused by bad diet and lack of physical activity
3.Illness or disease that could have damaged the pancreas and effect the production of insulin.
4.Insulin resistance ( the body produces enough insulin but does not use it properly)
5.Food allergies common cause of diabetes in children.

Eating sweets fast foods and a large intake of alcohol in time results obesity and can put any one at risk of getting diabetes and is then noted as one of the main causes of diabetes next to genetics. One has to have an understanding of there diabetic situation before they can determine what might have caused it.

Gestational Diabetes has many known factors that can be the cause of it but some factors are still unknown.

Factors that could cause gestational diabetes:
1. Genetics- (mother, grandmother or sister had it)
2. Obesity or over weight
3. Previously had a stillbirth
4. You have previously given birth to a large baby (weighing over 4.5kg+)
5. You have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Gestational diabetes usually goes away after delivery, but women that have had gestational diabetes are at risk of developing type2 diabetes later in life.


There are no clear answers to the causes of diabetes mellitus such as insulin defects and high blood glucose. A way to help control the insulin levels from causes of diabetes mellitus includes accurate meal planning and an exercise routine that are followed on a daily bases.

By Latoya Valentine
A 23 year old female with the passion to inform the masses.
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