Eli5: How diabetes work and how insulin helps diabetics?
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The cells of the body use insulin to absorb glucose(sugar) for energy which reduces the amount of sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetics don’t produce enough insulin for their cells to use to absorb glucose so they end up with too much sugar in their blood. Type 1 diabetics don’t make any of their own insulin. Taking insulin is a substitute for the body not producing it in quantities needed.
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