Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors

Tue, 20 Jul 2010
Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in all developed countries and many developing countries.

It is most worryingly increasing amongst children and young adults.

It is vital to raise awareness about this chronic degenerative disease.

Diabetes affects the body in such a way that the body's ability to metabolise sugar is impacted.

The mechanism is usually controlled by the hormone insulin produced in the pancreas .

Insulin enables the body to get the glucose from the blood into the tissues where is it metabolised for the energy we need.

Type 2 diabetes can be triggered by a weak supply of insulin causing inadequate removal of glucose from the blood.

Should the tissues not respond to insulin, then in spite of adequate insulin, glucose builds up in the blood.

Should the individual frequently load their blood stream with glucose by eating a high sugar diet with little exercise, there is a likelihood that the tissues will get desensitised to insulin and it can lead to Type 2 diabetes. This is surely a credible theory with regard to the increase in childhood diabetes .

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