Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the body can not make enough insulin or can not use insulin, and it is diagnosed by observing high blood glucose levels.
Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas. It is required to transport glucose from the blood into the cells of the body where it is used as energy. The lack, or ineffectiveness, of insulin in people with diabetes means that glucose continues to circulate in the blood. Over time, the resulting high levels of blood glucose (known as hyperglycemia) cause damage to many tissues of the body, leading to the development of health complications that can be disabling and life threatening.

TYPES OF DIABETES
The three main types of diabetes are:
Type 1 diabetes:
Risk factors are converted by family history of diabetes, genetics, an infection and other environmental influences

• Appears suddenly and currently can not be cured
  
• Without insulin, a person with Type 1 diabetes can not live

  
  Type 2 diabetes
  Risk factors may result from excessive weight, physical inactivity, poor diet, genetics, family history of diabetes, history of gestational diabetes, and advanced age
  

  • May go unnoticed and undiagnosed for years
    
  • It can often be controlled with changes in diet and increased physical activity. In some cases it is necessary to take medication

    
    Gestational diabetes
    
    

    • Appears during pregnancy
      
    • It is associated with an increased risk in the mother and child of developing type 2 diabetes later

      
      
      Healthy eating and increased physical activity can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
      
      Recommendations for a healthy diet for the general population
      
      

      • Drink water, coffee or tea instead of fruit juice or soft drinks
        
      • Eat vegetables three times a day, including green leafy vegetables
        
      • Eat three pieces of fresh fruit every day
        
      • Choose new ones, a piece of fresh fruit, a yogurt without sugar as a snack
        
      • Limit alcohol consumption to a maximum of two standard drinks per day
        
      • Choose clean cuts of white meat, poultry or fish instead of red or processed meat
        
      • I eat bread, rice or whole wheat pasta instead of bread, rice or white pasta
        
      • 8 Choose unsaturated fats (olive or sunflower oil) instead of saturated fats (butter, animal fat, coconut or palm oil)
        
        * SOURCE ATLAS DE LA DIABETES DE LA FID 2015