What is Diabetes? There are two types of Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2.
Below is a short description of both.

Type 1:
Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar (glucose), starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.

Type 2
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use glucose for energy. When you eat food, the body breaks down all of the sugars and starches into glucose, which is the basic fuel for the cells in the body. Insulin takes the sugar from the blood into the cells. When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, it can cause two problems:
· Right away, your cells may be starved for energy.
· Over time, high blood glucose levels may hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart.

More on Type 2 diabetes
Unlike Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 diabetes is not a failure of the pancreas, but an inability to produce adequate amounts of insulin for a body that is out of control. On top of that, the insulin that is being produced is not acting the way it should, a situation called insulin resistance that occurs when the insulin can no longer stimulate the cells to process the sugar in the blood. This causes the sugar to build up in the blood, ultimately doing damage to the heart, eyes, and kidneys, and creating small-vessel disease.

Type 2 diabetes is now an epidemic, and if not corrected in this generation, it will probably be responsible for most of the strokes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease that we will encounter in our sixties and seventies. Type 2 diabetes is especially common among African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and certain Asian populations.

Most people develop Type 2 diabetes because they are overweight. Basically the human body does two things: it takes in calories, and it burns calories. When you consistently bring in more calories than you burn off, all those extra calories turn into fat. That fat first gets stored in the abdomen and the intestines, and then it begins to infiltrate the muscle mass of our body. And what you end up with looks very much like a marbleized piece of sirloin that you see at the butcher shop. That marbleization is one of the hallmarks of people with Type 2 diabetes.

If you keep piling on the extra calories, the pancreas, whose function begins to slow down anyway with age, is no longer able to meet the demand for large quantities of insulin needed to metabolize all that sugar in the blood.

If you were to lose weight, a significant amount of weight, I mean, your Type 2 diabetes could disappear almost overnight. Yes, it’s that simple. I, myself, was a diabetic. I had very elevated sugars. I was overweight, excessively stressed, and exercise-phobic. I had a very clear, black-and-white case of Type 2 diabetes. So I lost 50 pounds; I now exercise three times a week, and I’ve maintained that weight loss.

Today, I am no longer diabetic. If, like me, you have not had Type 2 diabetes for very long, and if you can overcome it by simple weight loss, you will end up with no permanent damage to your organs.
Diabetes can be managed. Ultimately, if you’re talking about juvenile diabetes and you start very early in the game by getting diagnosed and getting effective treatment, you can probably expect a normal life expectancy, but it’s a very dedicated type of life.

Diabetes can be managed. Ultimately, if you’re talking about juvenile diabetes and you start very early in the game by getting diagnosed and getting effective treatment, you can probably expect a normal life expectancy, but it’s a very dedicated type of life.

If you are now in your forties and you develop Type 2 diabetes, and you continue for a decade or more without any checks and balances, it’s very unlikely that you’ll make it into your late seventies or eighties. There’s just not enough time in the pot. In other words, if you are 40 years old, 50 or more pounds overweight, with high blood sugar levels and high cholesterol, and you don’t exercise and you don’t watch what you eat, you will without doubt see the effects 10 to 15 years from now.
By the time you’re in your sixties, you will most likely have hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. Don’t go there.

The American Diabetes Association has a website that provides much information to help you if you have Diabetes or think you may have it and have not been diagnosed…or if you are wanting to try and prevent getting Diabetes.

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