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Why are one of the symptoms of diabetes -- excessive hunger?
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Huger and diabetes: Defect in diabetes does not allow for proper and complete utilization of glucose by the body''s cells and organs and they effectively send signals to brain that the individual is hungry.
Answered 10/4/2016
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