Diabetes is a disease that is in the body for a lifetime and it affects the way an individuals body handles glucose in their blood. Diabetes type 2 Is the most common form of Diabetes. Diabetes type 2 is also known as “lifestyle disease” as it is most common in people who do not exercise regularly and those who are overweight or obese.
(WebMD, 2015)
In an average healthy individual the pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. Insulin lets the cells in the body turn glucose into energy. However in a person affected by diabetes type 2, the pancreas make extra insulin which then gets the glucose into the cells. As the Pancreas is making too much Insulin the sugar builds up in the indiviuals blood, as the cells do not have enough space. Diabetes
(WebMD, 2015)
In an average healthy individual the pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. Insulin lets the cells in the body turn glucose into energy. However in a person affected by diabetes type 2, the pancreas make extra insulin which then gets the glucose into the cells. As the Pancreas is making too much Insulin the sugar builds up in the indiviuals blood, as the cells do not have enough space. Diabetes