What is type one and type two diabetes ?

Ans: Yes, especially if interventions are done in the early stages. Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease, and changes in lifestyle can help you manage or occasionally even reverse it. Typically there are three pillars of a healthy lifestyle - Diet, Stress Management and Physical activity. A diet should be rich in whole foods with minimal processed or junk consumption. Fasting is also a possible intervention. You can connect with a dietician for more personalised recommendations. For Stress Management, we need to make time for recreational activities, meet our friends, practice pranayama/meditation, gentle yoga stretches, get enough sleep etc. And any physical activity that we inherently enjoy, that challenges us moderately, is good to get your daily dose of exercise. Please note that "reversing" diabetes doesn't mean it's permanently cured. It usually implies significant long-term improvement, which is sustained as long as the lifestyle is sustained. This is why when we make changes to how we live, we should do it in a way that we truly enjoy and find inspiring.

Ans: Hello, Type 1 diabetes is a autoimmune condition where the body accidentally forms antibodies against the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. These cells are therefore destroyed and the person falls short of the required insulin to manage the sugars and other functions. These people will need supplemental insulin for the most part. On the other hand, Type 2 Diabetes is usually due to an acquired resistance to insulin by the insulin receptors. This usually happens when the receptors are overwhelmed by excess carbohydrate diet without any adequate burning of the same or increase fat deposition which releases inflammatory markers which in turn damage the insulin receptors and increase resistance to insulin. So, in these patients larger and larger amounts of insulin are required to manage the sugars despite good production of insulin. They are thus better managed by improving insulin receptor function, managing the sugars in other ways like increasing release in urine etc.

Ans: Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body doesn’t make any insulin. It always requires insulin and often diagnosed as young as 4 to 6 years old. Type 2 Diabetes is an hormonal condition common in adults. The body produces insulin initially, but cells don’t respond to it properly. Type 2 diabetes has common genetic variants identified through GWAS studies, as well as rare variants with varying effects, but much of the heritability remains unexplained. Insulin resistance occurs when cells in the body become less responsive to the effects of insulin, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. In conditions like insulin resistance or Type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells become less responsive to insulin, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. Controlling carbohydrate intake is usually done as the pancreatic cells have become insulin resistant or that the required insulin is not being produced. There are many peer reviewed and scholarly research articles available at databases like google scholar.