For Type 1, ttry not producing insulin at all. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Diabetes, both 1 and 2 are autoimmune diseases...the primary difference, > mechanically speaking, is that type 1 is usually indicative of the pancreas > no producing enough insulin and type 2 is usually indicative of a properly > functioning pancreas with the body developing a resistance to the insulin. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:43 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices > > > http://www.joslin.org/research/type_1_diabetes_research.html > > Type 1 _used_ to be referred to as Juvenile Diabetes - but no longer. > > It is an autoimmune disease. > > It accounts for about 12% of diabetes cases, and they now think it may be a > factor in more (as many as 20% where people have both Type 1 and Type 2, the > Type 2 being aggravated by weight gain caused by uncontrolled Type 1, or by > other mechanisms, like LADA). > > 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. >> > > > > >
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