If you think you might be having symptoms of a diabetes condition, you have been recently diagnosed with diabetes, or you are unable to control your diabetes condition, you need to know what you are dealing with. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic condition or disease that is typically caused one of two ways.

Type I diabetes (juvenile or insulin dependent diabetes) occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce enough of the insulin hormone.  The insulin hormone is necessary to assist the fat and muscle cells in the body in metabolizing blood sugar. Insulin is necessary to help the cells absorb blood sugar, which is then used as energy. When the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, blood sugar rises and spills into the urine. The excess blood sugar is filtered by the kidneys. This can cause serious ramifications to the organs, especially the kidneys.

Type II diabetes (adult …