1.   Diabetes occurs when the body does not use or make the hormone insulin.

2.   The pancreas is vital for digesting food, because it produces digestive enzymes as well as the hormone insulin.

3.   Diabetes occurs when inadequate levels of the hormone insulin prevent the body from properly converting sugar into energy or storing it as fat.

4.   Glucose is regulated by the hormone insulin, which is produced by the pancreas.

5.   In diabetic patients, insufficient amounts of the naturally occurring hormone insulin are produced.

6.   Much of it will be converted for storage as fatty tissue by the hormone insulin.

7.   The premise is that weight loss and maintenance can be controlled by when the hormone insulin is released into the body after a meal.

8.   When the receptor is hit by the hormone insulin, it signals the cell to take up glucose from the bloodstream.