You need to do more research.
There are more then two types of diabetes.
and there is more then one cause for type 2 diabetes
there is 4 types of diabetes insipidus
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then there is Diabetes mellitus that also has a number of types and causes.
Type 1:
Type 2
Gestational diabetes:
latent autoimmune diabetes of adults
en.wikipedia.org...
Many other forms of diabetes mellitus are categorized separately from these. Examples include congenital diabetes due to genetic defects of
insulin secretion, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid diabetes induced by high doses of glucocorticoids, and several forms of monogenic
diabetes.
Other types
Most cases of diabetes mellitus fall into the two broad etiologic categories of type 1 or type 2 diabetes. However, many types of diabetes mellitus
have more specific known causes, and thus fall into more specific categories. As more research is done into diabetes, many patients who were
previously diagnosed as type 1 or type 2 diabetes will have their condition reclassified.
Many doctor just for simplicity tell the diabetics they treat just type 1 or 2.
because most people do not understand the numerous types.
If you are young under 5 in most cases and must take insulin injections. your type 1
If you are older (over 20 in most cases)and in many cases treated with drugs for years before going on insulin they class you as type 2 for
convenience.
Only if you ask the right doctor will you get the right answers as to what subtype of diabetic you are.
and for diabetes that would be a Diabetes Endocrinology Specialist.
Most General Practitioners will never take the time. they just treat you to control your blood sugar and tell you a type by just your age at onset.
Type 2 currently accounts for about 95% of all diabetes.
It was a rare disease prior to the 1930's...it is now an epidemic....why?
It is also known as…
Insulin resistance diabetes
Syndrome-x
Adult onset diabetes
Essentially it is the failure of cells to absorb and process sugars.
It is also associated with other nutrient deficiency disorders.
However, Type 2 diabetes is not caused by sugars…it is caused by fats.
What medical training did you have. I have been a EMT for over 30 years and am a diabetic myself.
I will agree that Insulin resistance diabetes,syndrome-x metabolic syndrome type diabetes is not caused by suger,
The cells in your body still absorb sugars but because the Insulin receptor no longer work right and the cells can not process sugars. This causes
weak and in some cases painful muscles because without Insulin and sugar in the cells they can not repair themselves. this in its self can make
exercise hard to do.
Excess blood sugar is stored in the liver and other vital organs; when the organs are "full," the excess blood sugar is converted to fat.
When the insulin receptor in your body do not work the liver responds as if your organs are full and because the liver does not need insulin receptors
to make fat from insulin and sugar that is what it does with excess insulin and sugar the rest of the body can not use.
The muscles other vital organs can use limited amounts of fat as ketones if you do not get enough sugar for energy without insulin. To much ketones
can cause problems for diabetics.
Fat gain is a symptom of Insulin resistance not the cause.
You gain fat because your muscles and organs do not use insulin properly.
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Pathophysiology
It is common for there to be a development of visceral fat, after which the adipocytes (fat cells) of the visceral fat increase plasma levels of TNFα
and alter levels of a number of other substances (e.g., adiponectin, resistin, PAI-1). TNFα has been shown not only to cause the production of
inflammatory cytokines but possibly to trigger cell signaling by interaction with a TNFα receptor that may lead to insulin resistance.
In my case the levels of TNFa and inflammatory cytokines was caused by sarcoidosis a autoimmune disease, this triggered the insulin resistance as i
was not overweight yet.
Risk Factors
Overweight and Obesity
Main article: Central obesity
Central adiposity is a key feature of the syndrome, reflecting the fact that the syndrome's prevalence is driven by the strong relationship between
waist circumference and increasing adiposity. However, despite the importance of obesity, patients that are of normal weight may also be
insulin-resistant and have the syndrome.
Mine started when my sarciodosis disabled me and my weight was normal
I became Overweight because of the sarcoidosis and the co morbid disorders plus the high TNFa and inflammatory cytokines levels caused by the
sarcoidosis.
Sedentary lifestyle
Physical inactivity is a predictor of CVD events and related mortality. Many components of the metabolic syndrome are associated with a sedentary
lifestyle, including increased adipose tissue (predominantly central); reduced HDL cholesterol; and a trend toward increased triglycerides, blood
pressure, and glucose in the genetically susceptible. Compared with individuals who watched television or videos or used their computer for more less
one hour daily, those that carried out these behaviors for greater than four hours daily have a twofold increased risk of the metabolic
syndrome.
You try to exercise when your feet feel like your walking on broken glass (Peripheral neuropathy caused by neurosarcoidosis) and all the major muscles
in your body hurt and cramp so bad you can not sleep for days. (fibromyalgia also caused by the neurosarcoidosis )
I worked as a underground miner for 14 months this way because no doctor would give me any medication that helped. (They believed there was nothing
wrong and i was drug user looking for narcotics)
then i went to doctor from UCLA through the VA because no other doctors could find anything they found the sarcoidosis that the other doctors
missed, It took another 3 years to find a medication that controlled the pain.(did not eliminate it just controlled it) it did not help that the
first doctors noted mistakenly that they thought i was a narcotics abuser. I am still trying to clear that up.
Even now only my Diabetes Endocrinologist believes that my weight did not cause my diabetes.
And i still have the diabetes controlled with metformin and a very low carb, high protein, high monounsaturated fat diet.
I want to add one other thing olive oil is essential for diabetics.
recipes.howstuffworks.com...
Olive oil blocks the absorption of some of the worst carbs that cause a rapid spike of blood sugar. (fast carbs)
It even blocks the effects of other bad fats if used with them.
so if you want a bowl of high fat chilli dump some olive oil in it to block the bad fat.
This is why people in the Mediterranean can eat all the high fat pork Italian sausages without high levels of heart problems and obesity
and all the high carb pasta without gaining weight.
[edit on 21-11-2009 by ANNED]