| In the past few years, cases of diabetes have | | | | blood sugar level unless taking insulin or |
| skyrocketed to a staggering 16 million. One | | | | other diabetes medications cannot be |
| of the biggest problems that has been | | | | prevented. In fact it can be prevented or |
| realized by the nation's doctors is that | | | | delayed by living with a healthy lifestyle |
| Americans know shockingly little about the | | | | including maintaining a healthy body weight, |
| disease or the importance of early | | | | eating sensibly, and exercising regularly.How |
| detection.A lot of these cases, actually | | | | are they alike? Both types of diabetes |
| could have been prevented. Dr. Curtis Harris, | | | | greatly increase a person's risks of a range |
| an Okalahoma physician, says "the vast | | | | of serious complications. Although monitoring |
| majority of people living with the disease | | | | and management can usually prevent most |
| have type II". A disease that is often an | | | | complications. Diabetes remains the leading |
| overlooked killer. He went on to say "In fact | | | | cause of blindness and kidney failure. It |
| if you look worldwide, the major killer of | | | | also continues to be a critical risk factor |
| adults is diabetes and cardiovascular | | | | for heart disease, stroke, and foot or leg |
| disease. They go hand in hand."There are two | | | | amputations.Here are some more facts about |
| types of diabetes, type one diabetes and type | | | | diabetes that you should know:1. Eight out of |
| two diabetes. | | | | ten people living with diabetes are |
| | | | overweight.2. Your chance of developing |
| People with type I diabetes generally have a | | | | diabetes is higher if you have a close |
| total lack of insulin, while people with type | | | | relative, such as a parent or sibling with |
| II diabetes generally have too little insulin | | | | diabetes.3. For reasons not yet clear, |
| or can not use insulin effectively. Without | | | | Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians have |
| insulin, the body can't absorb sugar, or | | | | high rates of diabetes.4. The less physically |
| glucose, which cells need to produce | | | | you are, the greater the risk of developing |
| energy.How are the two types of diabetes | | | | diabetes.Thanks for reading and may God bless |
| different? Type II diabetes usually starts in | | | | you always, and in always.Barry Ford is the |
| young adulthood, while type I diabetes is | | | | webmaster of a website that provides both |
| usually detected much earlier.With type II | | | | important information and valuable products |
| diabetes, no episodes of hypoglycemia, or low | | | | about diabetes. |