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Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes is the most common form of Diabetes. With Type 2 Diabetes, either your body starts to become resistent to insulin or your pancreas has become unable to keep up with the increased demand for insulin. What this means is that your body muscle, fat, and liver cells do not receive or utilize the insulin as it requires. As a result your pancreas begins to work harder to produce more insulin in an attempt to help offset set this. Insulin is a susbstance that is required in order for your body to have the ability to utilize glucose for energy (glucose is the basic fuel for the cells inside your body).
However, over time the pancreas becomes weak and loses the ability to produce enough insulin in response to meals. You can avoid the progresion of Type 2 Diabetes by making healthier food choices, excercising, and taking Glytain. Glytain helps to provide your pancreas with the proper nutrition which help the beta cells (the cells that make up the pancreas) regenerate and perform properly once again.
When you eat meals, your body breaks down and transforms all of the sugars and starches into glucose. Then the insulin produced by the pancreas takes the sugar from the blood to the cells so that it can be absorbed for energy. But when you have a condition in which the glucose is not absorbed by the cells and is allowed to build up in the blood stream, two problems can result:
- Immediately the cells in your body will become starved
- High levels of blood glucose that go untreated can damage your kidneys, heart, eyes, and nerves.
Most poeple are very scared when they are diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, although while Type 2 Diabetes is serious rest assured that with proper care you can still live a long and healthy life.
While Type 2 Diabetes can develop in people of all ages and backgrounds, it has been learned that some groups of people are at a higher risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes than others. These higher risk groups are:
- African Americans
- Latinos
- Native Americans
- Asian Americans
- People over the age of 40
- People that are overweight
Type 2 Diabetes Signs and Symptoms
Many people are not even aware of the sign or symptoms related to Type 2 Diabetes in order to recognize them. Below are some of the signs and symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes
- Feeling thirsty often
- Increased need to urinate
- Increased hunger
- Unexplained weight loss
- Feeling tired and/or cranky often
- Cuts or bruises that do not heal
- Blurry vision
- Tingling or numbness in your limbs (hands or feet)
- Vaginal yeast infections
To help prevent the further development of Type 2 Diabetes becoming Type 1 Diabetes you should start to make lifestyle changes right away. Change your eating habits, start exercising, and take Glytain daily to provide your body with the proper nutrition that it is lacking. Glytain helps to relieve the strain on the beta cells that make up your pancreas. This helps to revive your pancreas so that it can once again perform to the standards that are demanded of it. Over time your pancreas has become weakened from being overworked. At this point it is already showing exteme signs of weakness which doesn't allow it to produce the amount of insulin your body requires to naturally reduce the blood sugar / blood glucose levels in your body.
But if you start now and help your body by taking Glytain, eating right, and exercising you have an very good chance at avoiding the possiblity of your Type 2 Diabetes progressing into Type 1 Diabetes.
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1978, the Clearinghouse provides information about diabetes to people with diabetes and to their families, health care professionals, and the public. The NDIC answers inquiries, develops and distributes publications, and works closely with professional and patient organizations and Government agencies to coordinate resources about diabetes.
Publications produced by the Clearinghouse are carefully reviewed by both NIDDK scientists and outside experts. This booklet was originally reviewed by Marion J. Franz, M.S., R.D., L.D., C.D.E., Minneapolis, and Carolyn Leontos, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., University of Nevada.
This publication is not copyrighted. The Clearinghouse encourages users of this publication to duplicate and distribute as many copies as desired.
