April 2022

Your eyes are equipped with a natural, crystalline lens that’s responsible for focusing light into the back of the eye (retina). When focused correctly, the light gets converted into an electrical signal that travels to the brain via the optic nerve – this is how vision is supposed to work. In the presence of a […]

When you eat food, it gets broken down into nutrients that the body absorbs and utilizes in various ways. One of the nutrients it uses is sugar, which gets converted into glucose. This signals the release of insulin, which gives glucose access to the cells where it’s used as energy. Diabetes occurs when the body