Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and insulin deficiency or inaction. Insulin, which is secreted by the pancreas, makes glucose to enter body cells to give them energy. It is also necessary to synthesize proteins and fats to save. In uncontrolled diabetes, remain glucose and lipids (fats) in blood and more damage over time almost all organs of the body and cardiovascular disease. Diabetes affects the body gradually and is a “silent killer”. The heart attack that occurs in diabetes should be painless and therefore more dangerous, because the patient dies, do not even realize it encounters. Read the rest of this entry »