Understanding insulin

You learned in the previous section that type 1 diabetes is caused by your body not making insulin, or not making enough of it. It follows, then, that the usual treatment for type 1 diabetes involves giving your body the insulin it needs but can’t make on its own. 

In this section, you will learn all about the different types of insulin, how much of it you will need and the ways it is normally administered. 

To start this section, please click on the first topic ‘What different types of insulin are there?’ below.