to take care of oneself and not take insulin, the body will not be getting the nutrients it needs from the food being taken in. Its only alternative is to eat itself; the proteins and vitamins that are needed are stored in muscles and fat. Shortly before this reserve is taken up, many things can happen such as blindness, kidney disease, the amputation of a limb, and many other bad side effects can occur.

Type 2 diabetes is a condition when the pancreas does produce insulin, just not enough, or it does produce enough insulin but the body does not use it as it should. Type 2 is hereditary, and there are ways to help prevent getting it, such as watching weight and diet if the risk is present. In cases where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, the constant demand for it in the body can render the pancreas unable to produce any more – it just dies out, so to say. People that are older, overweight, and/or have a family history of type 2 are at a greater risk. For some reason, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. There are cases of juvenile onsets of type 2, but they are rare. Some control their type 2 diabetes with a strict diet and exercise program along with oral medication to help the body use its insulin. Others are not so fortunate and have to inject insulin. In some cases, both insulin and oral medication are needed to keep healthy and running.

When women develop a kind of diabetes during pregnancy, it is called “gestational diabetes.” These women develop a kind of glucose intolerance. Interestingly, 5 to 10 percent of these women keep their diabetes, and develop type 2 diabetes.

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