The Fight against Type 2 Diabetes Continues

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Meet Johnny, a middle-aged employee who has a busy life with no room for complications. He has been taking medications since he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes few years ago but he is now starting to lose his battle against glycaemic control and for the first time his blood glucose is higher than 7.0 percent. Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a serious, lifelong disease and is a disorder of metabolism - the way our body uses the food we eat for growth and energy. Most of the food we consume is broken down to glucose, the main form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is our body's primary energy source. After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream where it is used by cells for growth …