1- Touchette N. (2002). The American Diabetes Association's Complete Guide to Diabetes: 3rd Edition. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association.2-Kaufman, FR (2008). Medical management of type 1 diabetes: 5th edition. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association3-Mandal, A. (2012). History of diabetes. Retrieved from http://www.news-medical.net/health/History-of-Diabetes.aspx4-Burant, C. F. (2008). Medical management of type 2 diabetes: 6th edition. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association. Diabetes mellitus, short for diabetes, is a chronic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and associated with major abnormalities in carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism (Kaufman 2008). In simpler terms, diabetes is a group of diseases that affect your body's blood sugar (glucose) function. Glucose is extremely important to your body and is essential to your health for maintaining energy in the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. So, being diabetic means you have too much glucose in your body, which can lead to serious problems. Diabetes has been around for a long time and was identified by sugary urine, which meant the body was creating and secreting a lot of glucose. “In 1776, Matthew Dobson confirmed that the sweet taste of diabetics' urine was due to the excess of some kind of sugar in the urine and blood of diabetics (Mandal 2012).” Diabetes can be triggered due to many factors and once it develops, there is no reversal treatment. It stays with the person and can also affect their future generation in the development of type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is epidemically classified into two types, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is called " absolute.... .. middle of article......recommended treatment for abetes includes proper 'diet modification to improve glucose and lipid parameters to achieve desired body weight » (Burant 2008) Many people diagnosed with type 2 are put on new treatment. a diet and exercise program to maintain blood sugar levels near normal. Depending on how you treat yourself, there are different ways you can develop type 2 diabetes. This may be because your muscle and fat cells are resistant to insulin, and your pancreas may suddenly no longer do so. Release enough insulin, otherwise your liver may release too much glucose. Doctors usually try to teach you to keep your blood sugar close to normal based on your fasting blood sugar (below 110 mg/dl) while after meals your blood sugar is less than 14o mg/dl. By eating healthier and exercising, some patients can continue their daily lives without the need for added insulin..