Contents Understanding Diabetes

  • Cover: Understanding Diabetes
  • Page 2: What is diabetes? (1 diagram)
  • Page 3: What is Glucose Metabo­lism? (1 illustration)
  • Page 4: What is Insulin? Gall­bladder, Pancreas (1 illustration)
  • Page 5: Action of Insulin: Normal, Type 1, Type II (3 illustrations)
  • Page 6: What are the Health Compli­ca­tions? Damage to the Kidneys (2 illustrations)
  • Page 7: Vision Prob­lems; Nerve Damage; Damage to the Brain (2 illustrations)
  • Page 8: Heart Disease; Treat­ment and Healthy Lifestyle Changes (2 illustrations)