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This happens because physical activity causes the body to make more insulin receptors, or gates, which leads to more pathways for glucose to enter cells.

Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes can be preventable and reversible in certain people if the right steps are taken. Healthy lifestyle habits are extremely effective in preventing and reversing Type 2 diabetes.

Sharp spikes in blood sugar over time leads to insulin resistance. It’d be like getting spam calls all day long on your phone- eventually you would stop picking up. Although the insulin is produced, the mechanism that uses insulin is damaged.

The body makes “antibodies” that attack the pancreas. This process is referred to as autoimmunity. The damaged pancreas stops making insulin- thus leading to the onset of Type 1 diabetes

The body doesn’t create insulin The body doesn’t recognize insulin

Hypoglycemia Hypo = low; Glyc(o) = sugar; Emia = in the blood. Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, refers to the complication that occurs when blood glucose levels get too low.

Insulin that is not kept at the right temperature can lose potency In other words, it becomes less effective.

Decreases glucose released from the liver so that it doesn’t enter the bloodstream Blocks absorption of glucose in the intestines so that it doesn’t enter the bloodstream Improves insulin sensitivity so that more glucose goes into cells from the bloodstream

Metformin, the most common treatment of Type 2 diabetes, offers the following benefits: Improved fertility in women Might help with weight loss May help decrease certain cancers (colon, prostate, ovarian) Low cost

Without insulin, glucose gets stuck in the bloodstream where it builds up to dangerously high levels.