Body

Dark matter, Stonehenge, the success of The Jersey Shore … the universe is full of things that elude a scientific explanation. Over the next few pages, we’re going to be taking a look at a few unexplainable quirks, tendencies, and oddities for which science has no answer.

If you have diabetes, you have levels of blood glucose that are too high because of problems with a hormone called insulin, which is secreted by the pancreas. Insulin is used by your cells to take glucose in so that it can be used for energy.

Diabetes is a disease which alters the way your body uses blood sugar, also known as glucose. The disease affects over 21 million people in the US. There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, and each differs in the way the body uses and produces insulin.