Q: Hi doc, I’m 37, and I have a high blood sugar. My doctor say I should place myself on a diet., but I don’t know how to do it . Please Doc can you help me? Because I have wound on my leg but not diabetic wound. It has been there on my leg as a result of poison before the high blood sugar issue and now the wound refuse to go. Please what should i do . Please help me

A: Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which there are high levels of sugar in the blood either due to a lack of insulin (Type 1) or a resistance to the effect of insulin. What is insulin and why is it so important? Every food we eat is ultimately converted to a form of sugar. Once this sugar gets into the blood, insulin is produced by the pancreas…