What is Diabetes
The body doesn’t make or use
insulin correctly
Type 1: the body makes little or no insulin
Type 2: the body makes insulin, but does not respond to
and use insulin as it should. Or it may not make enough
insulin
What is Insulin
Insulin helps move sugar from blood into cells.
Insulin is like a key that unlocks the doors of your cells so
that sugar can get in and used as energy.
Without insulin, extra sugar can’t get into the cells and stays
in the blood
What is a balanced meal?
1. Divide your plate
2. Start with Veggies
3. It’s Carbs!
5. Drink up!
4. Add a Protein
What is Carbs
(carbohydrates) ?
simple sugars
(alone or pairs)
eg: glucose,
fructose
complex
carbohydrates
(long chains)
eg: starches,
dietary fibers
Dietary fibers slows down the
absorption of simple sugars, helps
maintain blood sugar level
Complex simple sugars
Carbohydrates
absorbed in intestine enter blood stream
pancreas release insulin insulin moves sugar to cell to
use as energy source
What is a A1c?
Sugar sticks to
Hemoglobin A for
up to 120 days
High A1c -> higher %
of hemoglobin has
sugar attached
Low A1c -> lower %
of hemoglobin has
sugar attached
The American Diabetes
Association recommends
an A1c of less than 7% for
many nonpregnant adults
without significant low
blood sugar
