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Diabetes is a very well-known disease that a lot of people have. You probably have a friend, or at least know somebody with the disease. An estimated 17 million people in the United States, which is also 6.2 percent of the entire population has diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a serious life-long condition. Also an estimated 5.9 million people have not been diagnosed at this time. Every year, approximately 1 million people over the age of 20 are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism and metabolism is the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. A large percentage of the food we eat is broken down into what we call glucose. Glucose is the sugar that’s in our blood and is the main source of fuel that our bod