Gary Moss_Talking Diabetes with Karen Hale 8_1_21

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Type 2 diabetes is an impairment in the way the body regulates and uses sugar (glucose) as a fuel. This long-term (chronic) condition results in too much sugar circulating in the bloodstream. Eventually, high blood sugar levels can lead to disorders of the circulatory, nervous, and immune systems.
In type 2 diabetes, there are primarily two interrelated problems at work. Your pancreas does not produce enough insulin — a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into your cells — and cells respond poorly to insulin and take in less sugar.
Type 2 diabetes used to be known as adult-onset diabetes, but both type 1 and type 2 diabetes can begin during childhood and adulthood. Type 2 is more common in older adults, but the increase in the number of children with obesity has led to more cases of type 2 diabetes in younger people.
There’s no cure for type 2 diabetes, but losing weight, eating well and exercising can help you manage the disease. If diet and exercise aren’t enough to manage your blood sugar, you may also need diabetes medications or insulin therapy.
Possible Symptoms
• Increased thirst
• Frequent urination
• Increased hunger
• Unintended weight loss
• Fatigue
• Blurred vision
• Slow-healing sores
• Frequent infections
• Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
• Areas of darkened skin, usually in the armpits and neck
 
Causes:
• Cells in muscle, fat, and the liver become resistant to insulin.
• The pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to manage blood sugar levels.
Glucose is a main source of energy for the cells that make up muscles and tissues. The use and regulation of glucose is as follows
• Glucose comes from food and your liver.
• Glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream and enters cells and combines with insulin.
• The liver stores and makes glucose.
• Low glucose levels are a result of not eating and this breaks down in the liver…
• 2 diabetes -Instead of moving into the cells, sugar builds up in the bloodstream.
• As blood sugar levels increase, the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas release more insulin.
• These cells eventually become impaired and can’t make enough insulin to meet the body’s demands.
The Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your risk of type 2 diabetes include:
• Weight. – we all need a good exercise movement plan.
• Fat distribution. When weight is distributed unevenly and lands in your gut/stomach.
• Inactivity. – We all need to improve our activity levels
• Family history.
• Race and ethnicity. Black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian people, and Pacific Islanders — are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than white people are.
• Blood lipid levels. low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol — the “good” cholesterol — and high levels of triglycerides can be a tell-tale sign.
• Age. The risk of type 2 diabetes increases as you get older, especially after age 45.
• Prediabetes. Prediabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.
• Polycystic ovary syndrome. — a common condition characterized by irregular menstrual periods, excess hair growth and obesity
• Areas of darkened skin, usually in the armpits and neck. This condition often indicates insulin resistance.

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