It depends on the type of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes melitus is the result of the body no longer producing insulin. The insulin producing cells (the Islets of Langerham), have died. While many cases occur in childhood, not all, , with 50% of patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes are older than 20 years of age (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/766036-overview).
type 2 diabetes is the one you are referring to. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > To be more accurate, it's not necessarily the cause, but it can be the > trigger. Diabetes is generally a genetic disorder that is passed down > through the maternal genes. What happens is as you gain weight, you develop > a higher tolerance to insulin (think of this in terms of drug addiction > where you need more of the drug to achieve your high as your tolerance of it > increases...same happens with insulin). You body is producing all the > insulin it would normally need, it's just that you are not producing enough > receptors that enable the metabolic process to properly ensue. Most type 2 > diabetes is triggered by weight or old age. Type 1 diabetes is generally > developed at birth or early childhood. That is why Type 2 is referred to as > Adult Onset Diabetes. > > I have seen some interesting research that links it to Neandertals and a > submissive version of the gene that helped to keep them warm (which would > make sense...a high blood sugar level would allow more energy to be > produced, thus more heat...). They also think red hair comes from them to > ;-) > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:35 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices > > > that's a gross over generalization. Diabetes is not strictly related > to being overweight. Certain kinds of Type 2 Diabetes are, but all the > other sorts, Type 1 insulin dependent etc., the cause is not being > overweight. > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "Food for thought?" >> >> Sure, but not all in a negative context. >> >> For example, looking at Life Expectancy. A ranking of 30th seems pretty >> bad. Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (including > the >> incredibly unhealthy fast-food), an abundance of non-manual labor jobs, an >> abundance of personal vehicles (no biking or walking), and no incentive > to >> exercises (except personal drive). The USA has a lot overweight people >> with diabetes and high blood pressure leading to a lot of premature > deaths. >> This is by personal lifestyle choices. >> >> I won't touch prisons and education though. I believe both are incredibly >> mismanaged. >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316417 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
