There are various forms of diabetes but the most common type is diabetes mellitus which is also known as ‘sugar diabetes’. This disease affects the body’s system for regulating the level of sugar or glucose in the bloodstream. The main hormone that is involved in this system is insulin which is secreted by the pancreas, and this acts to reduce the level of glucose in the blood by encouraging the uptake of sugar into the cells of the body where it is stored or used for energy.
In diabetic animals the most common type of problem is the pancreas failing to produce sufficient insulin (the equivalent of type 1 diabetes in people). This then leads to elevated levels of glucose in the bloodstream as there is not enough insulin to maintain the glucose at the correct level.
Hi, have just found your recipe for diabetic cat. Can you recommend anything else please? Do you have any more diabetic recipes? My cat if getting fed up with the prescribed M/D and D/M. She does eat the dry food but prefers wet. Also, can you let me know if plain white cod fish is OK for her? Thank you.
Our Vet’s Kitchen Adult cat dry foods are fine for diabetic cats so they would be worth a try. Plain cod would also be fine provided it is cooked.