Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is an estimate of how many calories your body burns at rest. It represents the minimum amount of energy needed to keep your body functioning, including breathing and keeping your heart beating. Your BMR uses up about two-thirds of your daily calories.
1 Diabetes-related complications include damage to large and small blood vessels, which can lead to heart attack and stroke, and problems with the kidneys, eyes, feet and nerves. 2  The risk of most diabetes-related complications can be reduced.  Regular screening is important to detect complications early.
Primary effect: Diabetes is a shortage of insulin, the hormone that allows the body to absorb glucose for fuel, from the blood into the cells. Short term effect: Diabetes ca â¦ uses starvation of the body's cells, forcing it to switch to alternate fuels which themselves have side-effects.