Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

Can a person with a healthy weight still develop type 2 diabetes?

I am 5′4 and weigh around 110 pounds. I’m thin but my diet sucks…lots of soda, candy, and fried stuff. Could I develop type 2 diabetes even though I am not overweight?

Due to the large number of myths surrounding the disease there are a number of things that are false about diabetes that people think are true.

Thin people and fit people CAN and DO get diabetes.
People who eat a healthy diet can and do get diabetes.
Some people never exercise and eat a poor diet and never get diabetes.

Diabetes is normally genetic. This means there is normally a family history of the disease, poor diet and lack of exercise may increase the risk but they are not causes of diabetes.

So to answer your question yes you may develop type 2 diabetes but normally you would already have/had a family member who has the disease.

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Can you give blood if you have type 2 diabetes?

I recently found out I have type 2 diabetes, and I’m an avid blood donor. Can I continue to give blood, or should I refrain because of it? Please help!

Having diabetes does not automatically exclude you from donating blood. The American Red Cross states that people with diabetes may donate blood if they meet the following guidelines:

They have not had an initial dosage of insulin or change of insulin dose in at least two weeks.
They have not received an injection of bovine (beef) insulin made from cattle from the United Kingdom since 1980. Oral medications for type 2 diabetes DONT disqualify you from blood donation eligibility. It is suggested that people with diabetes wait 8 WEEKS (or 56 DAYS ) between whole blood donations. Donors with well-established (not recently diagnosed) diabetes, who are controlled by diet, oral medications and/or insulin therapy, are eligible to donate
Controlling medications must have been used in the 24 hours before donation

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Is type 2 diabetes a lack of blood sugar?

If it is, why are there medications used for type 2 diabetes to LOWER blood sugar?

I have been type one diabetic for 17 years.

Type 2 diabetes is when the pancreas is still making insulin just not as much as it should.

type one, insulin dependent diabetics, their pancreas doesn’t make any insulin whatsoever, and rely on mutable injections, daily.

Both types can run high and low blood sugars and need to be monitored closely.

edit: when the sugar is high, more insulin is needed (in both types), to bring it down (many health problems can accure, high sugars can result in diabetic coma, and death). when the sugar is low, sugar is needed to raise it (I drink juice it works very quickly).

hope this helps

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Why do doctors think that finding a cure for type 2 diabetes is more important then finding a cure for type 1?

i had a doctor come in to my class today and non stop talk about how they were in pursuit of finding a cure for type 2 diabetes. Im of course glad to hear that, but what about type one. Ive had type one for about 10 years now and i havent heard about any new treatments other then stem cells, and the pump. why? type one is way worse then type 2

Type 2 affects a greater % of the population and is preventable. By educating people about t2 diabetes it is hoped that the rate of diagnoses and diabetes related complications will eventually go down. Type 1 on the other hand is unpreventable and affects a small amount of the population.

On the plus side, many of the advancements for t1 have occurred because of the rise in t2. Improvements in glucose monitors, insulin etc are more profitable for companies to invest in if there is a large part of the population who needs them.

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How much weight would you gain in 2 weeks with type 2 diabetes?

people said it is impossible but you can gain weight from type 2 diabetes!!

Diabetes is NOT responsible for weight gain. Weight gain contributes to the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately all the medications used to treat diabetes,with the exception of metformin,do contribute to weight gain.

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