Type 2 Diabetes Research Paper Outline

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Yaneli Rodriguez
Mrs. Magnan
Biology-B
Monday, March 7, 2016 Diabetes: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
So many of you wonder what Diabetes are and if it's even that serious, well if you keep reading you'll know the symptoms, causes, and treatments of it and maybe along the way you'll learn how serious of a condition it is.
First things first, Diabetes is a long term condition that causes high blood sugar levels which is very dangerous by the way. There are three types of diabetes, such as Type 1 Type 2 and Gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes does not produce insulin maybe about 10% of all diabetes are Type 1, Type 2 diabetes is a disease that doesn’t produce enough insulin for the body

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