Is your blood sugar high, even when you don't eat rice?

Why carbohydrates aren't always the culprit when it comes to diabetes

- CHESHIRE QUE, RND, RN, RD

Diabetes is so common that we get to meet or at least know one person who is suffering from this chronic yet preventable disease.

Diabetes is a medical condition wherein an individual’s immune system destroys the beta cells in the pancreas. The hormone insulin is produced by the beta cells. This is known as type 1 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a condition where the body becomes resistant to the insulin being produced by the beta cells in the pancreas, or there is less or no insulin production. The difference between type 1 and type 2 is that the first one is immune-related related while the other one is lifestyle-related. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes result in significantly elevated blood glucose levels, unlike insulin resistance, which can occur with normal blood glucose levels that can eventually increase.