type of diabetes

There are two types of Diabetes: Type 1, where the body does not produce Insulin at all, and then there is Type 2: where the Pancreas may produce Insulin, but the body is not or no longer able to effectively utilize it. Type 1 is traditionally called "Juvenile Onset" Diabetes, and like the name implies: it's usually a condition diagnosed early in life. Type 1 Diabetes is usually genetic and, unfortunately, not something behavior usually cures - though people with Type 1 Diabetes can greatly affect their prognosis (outcome) by doing the same behaviors discussed in this article.

Type 2 Diabetes

This article will focus on Type 2 Diabetes and its terrible rise in America. It leads to Morbid Obesity, higher incidences of stroke, amputation (from losing the ability to heal from simple wounds to extremities), blindness and early death. Type 2 Diabetes is the most easily preventable form of Diabetes. That's worth stating again: many people who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes did not have to ever have it in the first place, and that is a sincere tragedy. The most common causes of the preventable cases are poor, fatty diets extremely high in sugars combined with a lifestyle that has low amounts of exercise or physical activity. Foods to avoid include fried foods, red meats, processed sugars and white, bleached flour. Food to increase includes vegetables, particularly leafy and green vegetables, wheat grains and unsaturated fats such as canola or olive oil. The best meats to eat are grilled or baked skinless poultry or fish, other than fatty tuna or perhaps salmon. There are countless delicious sauces and recipes.