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Diabetes mellitus is a disease that prevents your body from properly using the energy from the food you eat. Diabetes occurs when either the pancreas produces little insulin or no insulin at all or the pancreas makes insulin, but the insulin made does not work as it should.

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Need to know more about how Diabetes will affect you or someone you care for? Learn all the basics of the disease and what it does:

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     » Types of Diabetes
     » Symptoms of Diabetes
     » Diabetes Diagnosis
     » Management of Diabetes

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by Cleveland Clinic

There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be treated and controlled. The goals of managing diabetes are to:

Keep your blood glucose levels as near to normal as possible by balancing food intake with medication and activity.
Maintain your blood cholesterol and triglyceride (lipid) levels as near the normal ranges as possible by decreasing the total amount of fat to 30% or less of your total daily calories and by reducing saturated fat and cholesterol.
Control your blood pressure. (Your blood pressure should not go over 130/80.)
Decrease or possibly prevent the development of diabetes-related health problems.

You hold the keys to managing your diabetes by:

Planning what you eat and following a balanced meal plan
Exercising regularly
Taking medication, if prescribed, and closely following the guidelines on how and when to take it
Monitoring your blood glucose and blood pressure levels at home
Keeping your appointments with your health care providers and having laboratory tests completed as ordered by your doctor.

What you do at home every day affects your blood glucose more than what your doctor can do every few months during your check-ups.

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