Why diabetics are advised to eat smaller quantities of food containing carbohydrates than proteins or fats?
Carbohydrates are broken down, during the process of digestion, into a simple sugar called glucose. This is the sugar that diabetes mellitus causes problems in using, but we need glucose to stay alive. It’s important to balance the amount of carbohydrate taken in, with the treatment being used. (Type 1 diabetics ALWAYS need insulin, either by injection or by the use of a pump (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion). This is because their pancreas no longer produces insulin. Type 2 diabetics, some of whom can maintain stability by virtue of watching how much carbohydrate they take in with the amount of activity they undertake, and others who use tablets/pills, and yet others who use insulin injections.
