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Diabetes Type 2 – The Lifestyle Diabetes

Diabetes Type 2 – The Lifestyle Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes, also known as lifestyle diabetes, mature onset diabetes or diabetes mellitus is an insidious condition afflicting increasing numbers of people worldwide. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas either cannot produce sufficient insulin or more commonly the body becomes resistant to insulin (due to excessive production).

Insulin is a vital component to a healthy body as its primary function is the delivery of nutrients to cells. Unfortunately, however, when we produce too much insulin due to our diet of highly processed and sugar filled carbohydrates, many things start to go wrong.…