What I Learned About Cancer & Diabetes

What might happen if your body couldn't process glucose?

• You wouldn't be able to digest food

• You wouldn't have the energy to function

• You would become more likely to catch diseases

• You would constantly be thirsty for water

What happens to the glucose that isn't absorbed by diabetics' bodies?

• It's expelled from their bodies

• It collects in their body fat

• It's stored in their pancreas

• It's converted to other chemicals

Where in your body can you find glucose?

• In your pancreas

• Inside your red blood cells

• In your bladder

• In virtually all your cells

Do you get diabetes from eating too much candy?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• I don't know

Most people with diabetes can feel their blood sugar getting high.

• True

• False

In which type of diabetes is NO insulin produced?

• Type 1

• Type 2

Diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use ____________________.

• energy

• insulin

• nutrients

• calories

The organ responsible for producing insulin is...

• Liver

• Heart

• Pancreas

• Gallbladder

What is the function of insulin?

• diagnose diabetes

• turn glucose into energy

• help glucose enter the cells of the body

• digest food

What are the (2) main forms of Diabetes?

• Insulin Type & Glucose Type

• Type 1 & Type 2

• Type A & Type B

• Hyperglycemia & Hypoglycemia