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While D stands for Diet, I for Information and A for Attitude, the fourth letter 'B' of the word DIABETIC stands for two of the most important things a Diabetic needs to control - Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure.

Blood Sugar Control

The basic problem in Diabetes is that the body cannot manage sugar (which is referred to as glucose). When food is eaten, it is converted by the intestine for the most part into glucose - which then enters the bloodstream in which it is carried to various parts of the body, whose cells then take up this glucose to use as fuel for the various activities of those cells. Excess glucose may also be taken up by the cells and then changed into Fat or Glycogen to be stored.

In Diabetes, this process of uptake by the cells of glucose from the blood is impaired - with the result that glucose accumulates in the blood. This blood containing a high concentration of glucose as it flows through the body can damage the body's various organs.

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