Dear sugar friends, today we come to learn about the mechanisms for the occurrence of diabetes and help to raise awareness of the disease.
Let’s start with type 1 diabetes. It’s like the body’s immune system went wrong, thinking of itself as an enemy. Under normal circumstances, our immune system is a body-protector, but in the case of type 1 diabetes, the immune system wrongly attacked the β-cell insulin. Insulin β-cells are “workshops” for the production of insulin, and if they are seriously damaged, the production of insulin will be significantly reduced. What’s insulin? It’s like a key that opens the cell’s door, allows glucose in the blood to enter the cell, and gives the cell energy. When insulin is not enough, glucose accumulates only in blood, and the blood sugar rises.
Looking at type 2 diabetes, its mechanisms are more complex. On the one hand, the body may be insensitive to insulin, as if the “lock” of the cell was rusty, and insulin, which was less able to open the “door” and get glucose into the cell, was insulin resistance. On the other hand, over time, the β-cell function of insulin is declining and the production of insulin is decreasing. It’s like, for example, the delivery workers (insulin) can’t get to the warehouse (cells) and the number of deliveries is still decreasing, and the cargo (glue) is simply stacked outside (blood), resulting in an increase in blood sugar.
There are also specific types of diabetes, which can be associated with genetic factors, certain diseases or medicines. For example, some genetic mutations affect the structure or function of insulin, while others undermine normal blood sugar regulation mechanisms because of the long-term use of certain special drugs.
In addition, lifestyles have a significant impact on the incidence of diabetes. Long-term, high-heat diets, excessive sugar and fat in the body, like adding too much oil to the body’s “mechanical” to overload. This, together with lack of exercise, lack of muscle exercise and lack of effective glucose consumption, increases the risk of diabetes.
Understanding the mechanisms in which diabetes occurs is like lighting a lamp in the dark. We can start with lifestyle changes, a rational diet, adequate exercise and regular medical examinations, which will help us to prevent diabetes and maintain health. It is to be hoped that everyone will look at their bodies and stay away from the threat of diabetes.
