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People with diabetes have high blood sugar either because they're pancreas doesn't make enough insulin or because their muscles, fat, liver, and other cells closed the door on insulin - not allowing it to deliver glucose to them. Type 1 diabetes, which is usually diagnosed in childhood but may be diagnosed at any age, occurs when the pancreas makes no insulin because of an auto immune assault on the insulin producing cells. People with type 1 diabetes have to replace their body's production with injections of insulin. The type to [formerly known as adult-onset diabetes and the focus of this chapter.] Is much more common, affecting more than 22 million Americans and projected to double by the year 2025. It typically occurs when your cells resist the insulin that comes knocking at their doors, leaving glucose to circulate in your bloodstream instead of being used to fuel your cells.

Excerpt from: You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Essentially, diabetes is a lot like a celebrity look-alike; it is often mistaken for something it's not. A lot of us tend to think the diabetes happens because you eat too much sugar, but the truth is that diabetes happens when you eat too much. Period. Here's how:

all food-no matter whether it's a protein, fat, or carbohydrate-gets broken down into glucose. When you have insulin resistance, and you over each, be it too much meat, potato, or coconut cream pie, the cells in your body are on able to absorb the extra glucose. That causes blood glucose levels to rise higher than a helium filled balloon. Your blood glucose level is monitored by cells in your pancreas that are the lone producers of insulin, the hormone that transports glucose from the outside to the inside of your cells so your body can transform that glucose into usable energy.