Blood sugar, also known as glucose comes from carbohydrate foods - rice, potatoes, bread, tortillas, cereal, fruit, vegetables and milk. Post eating, glucose is absorbed into our bloodstream, from where it travels to your body’s cells. Ultimately this sugar acts as a source of energy and provides nutrients to the body's organs, muscles and nervous system. A hormone called insulin, which is made in the pancreas, helps our cells use glucose for energy. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs whe