Diabetes Mellitis

The normal body’s way of handling blood sugar yields a fasting blood sugar of 100, rising to less than 126 mg/dL after an oral challenge of 75 g of glucose. Diabetics register fasting blood sugars at 126 mg/dL or above, which will then top 200 mg/dL after the challenge. An intermediate fasting level of blood sugar (100-125 mg/dL) and a moderate rise to this challenge (140 -199 mg/dL) are considered diagnostic of prediabetes. Medically there are three types of diabetes: Type I, in which your body does not make enough insulin. Type II, in which your body does not utilize insulin properly, “insulin resistance.” Over 90% of type II diabetes is related to being overweight. Gestational Diabetes, the diabetes that sometimes accompanies pregnancy.