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Dealing with Type 2
Diabetes
Management involves lifestyle
changes
By Charles Sebastian, Staff Writer
Diabetes is the common name
for diabetes mellitus, which refers
to certain diseases that involve high
blood sugar that affects metabolism.
The pancreas is the organ responsible
for producing insulin, which is the
countering agent when blood sugar
gets too high. Type 1 diabetes occurs
when the pancreas is not able to make
enough insulin to deal with higher
sugar levels, but type 2 involves
insulin resistance, which means the
pancreas may be making sufficient
insulin, but the cells are not accepting it. After a wh [K H [