Diabetes mellitus is a disease where the concentration of glucose (simple sugar) in the blood is high because the body can not release or use insulin adequately.

Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas, which is responsible for maintaining normal levels of blood sugar. Insulin put sugar into cells so it can produce energy or stored as energy reserves.

Well, how much blood sugar levels, called high? According to the diagnostic criteria Perkeni (Society for Endocrinology Indonesia) in 2006, is said to have diabetes if a person has a fasting blood glucose> 126 mg / dL and the tests when> 200 mg / dL.

Blood sugar levels vary throughout the day which will increase after the meal and returned to normal within two hours.

Normal blood sugar levels on the morning after the night before fasting is 70-110 mg / dL of blood. Blood sugar levels are usually less than 120-140 mg / dL at 2 hours after eating or drinking liquids that contain sugar or other carbohydrates.

Normal blood sugar levels tend to increase in mild but progressive (gradually) after age 50 years, especially in people who are not active move.

Elevated levels of blood sugar after eating or drinking stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin, thus avoiding any increase in blood sugar levels and cause more blood sugar levels have declined steadily.

There is another way to lower blood sugar levels is by doing physical activities like exercising because the muscles use the glucose in the blood to be used as energy.