The Center for Disease Control estimated that by 2015, 30.3 million Americans had diabetes. It also pointed out that about nine in every ten diabetics have type 2 diabetes. Before learning how to deal with these two types of diabetes, let\u2019s learn a bit about them first.<\/p>\n
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Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n Type 1 diabetes is the one that experts say cannot be cured. That much is true, seeing as how scientists have not been able to uncover its cause to date. Type 1 diabetes when a person’s immune system attacks his pancreas, so the organ is unable to produce insulin as it is supposed to. Insulin is the bodily substance that\u2019s responsible for \u2018pushing\u2019 glucose into cells. Without it, glucose piles up in the bloodstream and causes high blood sugar, or what the experts call hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes is the more common of the two conditions. People develop this condition when they do not eat healthily, do not exercise enough or partake in poor lifestyle habits like smoking and taking excess alcohol.<\/p>\n How to Cope with Diabetes<\/strong><\/p>\n Diabetes occurs when one of three things happens. Either a person’s body produces no insulin, makes insufficient insulin or has insulin resistance. The latter happens when cells have excess glucose so the insulin has a hard time \u2018pushing’ more glucose into the cells. The same way your appetite seems to disappear the fuller your feel is the same way your cells feel about glucose. When less glucose goes into cells, more of it remains in the bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar.<\/p>\n Coping with diabetes is rather easy. You can do this by sticking to the following.<\/p>\n