DIABETES Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive flow of urine containing sugar. This disease develops gradually and the patient usually does not know for a long time that he is suffering from it. It is more common in men than women . Fat persons usually suffer from diabetes. In the past, mostly people between 40-50 years of age or after it were liable to get diabetes but now even small children become diabetic . Hereditary factors are also responsible for this disease. In the human body, insulin is secreted by pancreas gland which is connected with the digestive system. Insulin helps the blood is convert sugar into energy. The pancreas gland retains as much sugar as is required by the body and burns the rest of it. But if the pancreas gland stops secreting insulin or its quantity is reduced Or There is some obstruction due to some reason, it leads to diabetes. In these circumstances, sugar gets into the blood and does get converted into energy and is also ex...