I'm sure you know that both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition in which blood glucose accumulates in the blood. Although there is no cure for diabetes, but certainly can be controlled, which means keeping blood sugar levels the same, or as close as possible to those of a person who does not have diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes used to be called"adult-onset"because it usually occurred in people over the age of thirty. Because of the lack of physical activity and an increase in obesity among adolescents and children, it now seems to be no age barrier. When young people under thirty were diagnosed only with type 1 diabetes, which is where the pancreas is unable to turn sugar into energy:
Type 2 diabetes is that the body continues to make insulin, but can not make enough or the body becomes resistant to the
Between ninety and Ninety-five percent of all diagnosed cases are now type 2 diabetes and as you know, the incidence is increasing. In a way, type 2 is more dangerous because it starts slowly. Type 1 you can not ignore that within a few days you end up in hospital with ketoacidosis due to lack of insulin. With type 2 diabetes, if you ignore it at first, nothing too terrible happens to the pancreas is still making a reasonable amount of insulin to return blood sugar to a reasonable level.
The family history is a factor in type 2 diabetes, so if you have been diagnosed with Type 2 ... your brothers, sisters and your children are also at risk of developing it. You have the opportunity to let those you love know they are at risk and help them to reduce their chances of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Your brothers and sisters shared your diet and lifestyle for many years, your wife and children to share it now ... Anyone can be at risk!
Studies have shown a healthy eating plan and physical activity will reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. All that is required is:
changing what is eaten to include smaller portions with less fat and carbohydrates
lose a small amount of weight as body shape resembles a pear is not an apple
The same things that are recommended for people with type 2 has been shown to prevent type 2 diabetes.
