Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 86
Different Kinds of Balance within Man’s Body 85 To illustrate this we further consider the example of diabetes. Diabetes is a common disease but in fact it is not just one disease. Hundreds of types of diabetes have so far been diagnosed. Against almost all of them, the body is provided with internal remedial measures. Some types of diabetes are caused by glandular disorders such as that of the pancreas. The pancreas produces two types of secretions. One is called insulin and is largely responsible for the assimilation of sugar into all cells of the human body which constantly require energy for their survival. Even if man does not eat sugar directly, the carbohydrates he consumes in different forms are broken down into sugar. If insulin is produced in excessive quantities it results in hypoglycaemia—a disease in which the sugar level suddenly falls to a dangerously low level. If not immediately rectified this can result in sudden death or a deep coma damaging the brain cells and other vital organs. To keep a countercheck on the production of insulin, there is a complex signalling system at work in the body, sounding an alarm as if announcing the fact that all the insulin that was needed has been produced and no more is required. This counter insulin secretion is also produced in the same area of the glandular system responsible for the production of insulin. When this secretion is released, the production of insulin is suddenly halted and man seems to enter a state of perfect satiation. Tilt the