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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease in which there is an insufficiency of the hormone insulin, resistance to the actions of insulin or a combination of both. Diabetes Mellitus, perhaps more than any other disease, is strongly associated with Western culture and diet. DM is the most common the the serious metabolic diseases of humans. It is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism characterized by fasting hyperglycemia, glycosuria, and a greatly increased risk of atherosclerosis, microangiopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy.