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Think of TYPE 1 diabetes this way:

Think of all the things you have heard in the media, in the news, etc. about diabetes. Then wipe them out of your memory. Type 1 diabetes is the rarer non-preventable kind that few people are aware of or understand. You never hear about this form in the media (or very rarely) or facts are often not stated clearly.

Type 1 diabetes (formerlly called Juvenile or Insulin Dependent) is a result of a "defective" IMMUNE system response. It is NOT caused by sugar, junk food, obesity, lack of exericse, etc. Genetics and a "trigger" like a virus is involved.

It's the same kind of disease as Multiple Sclerosis or Lupus, which are also autoimmune in nature. In autoimmune diseases, the body makes a mistake and attacks healthy cells and tissues. Type 1 diabetes is NOT simply a "burnt out" pancreas. A person can NEVER eat sugar and still get Type 1 diabetes, and a person can eat sugar all day long and never get Type 1 diabetes. Not related. You normally wouldn't tell someone with an immune system disorder that they ate too much sugar, but it's a myth that won't die when it comes to Type 1 diabetes and people do. It really should have a different name.

People get Type 1 diabetes because something in the environment like a virus triggered their genes to express the disease. Their immune system mistakenly destroys their insulin making (beta) cells.

Type 2 diabetes is the now common form you always hear about in the media. It is a completely different disease from Type 1 diabetes and accounts for 90-95% of diabetics. Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has been linked to obesity, lack of exercise, poor diet, inflammation, etc. Even if a person has the genes for Type 2 diabetes, they can often *prevent or delay it* with a healthy lifestyle (about 80-90% of cases).

There are other less common causes for the remainder of Type 2 diabetes cases, such as strictly genetic insulin resistance, pollutants, people who actually have Type 1 diabetes and are misdiagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and certain health conditions and medication. But these are not responsible for the vast majority of Type 2 diabetes cases. It is a myth that most cases of Type 2 diabetes are unavoidable and that it has to be a progressive disease. This is what pharmaceutical companies would LOVE to have you believe.

Think about it: Type 2 diabetes used to be uncommon. In the past 50 years, it has grown to be one of the most common diseases in the US, along with obesity. Genetics can't change in a population over 50 years , but diet and activity level CAN. As a whole, people need to change their habits.

Bottom line, while sugar WON'T cause Type 1 diabetes, excess amounts can lead to obesity and insulin resistance, which often paves the way for *Type 2* diabetes.

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Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood.

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