What is the chain of events that leads to Type II Diabetes?

Before people develop Type 2 Diabetes, they almost always have "pre-diabetes" -- blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 54 million people in the United States who have pre-diabetes and most don't even know it. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during pre-diabetes.

Research has also shown that if you take action to manage your blood glucose when you have pre-diabetes, you can delay or prevent Type 2 Diabetes from ever developing.

People with pre-diabetes can expect to benefit from much of the same advice for good nutrition and physical activity. If you take action in time you may forestall the onset of diabetes or eliminate it all together.

There are two different tests your doctor can use to determine whether you have pre-diabetes: the fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The blood glucose levels measured after these tests determine whether you have a normal metabolism, or whether you have pre-diabetes or diabetes. If your blood glucose level is abnormal following the FPG, you have impaired fasting glucose (IFG); if your blood glucose level is abnormal following the OGTT, you have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

If your FPG is below 100 you are normal; if you are in the 100-125 range you are pre diabetic; and if you are above 126 you are diabetic. A high score may indicate that you have pre-diabetes or at risk for pre-diabetes. Take the test and find out for sure.

Pre-diabetes is a serious medical condition that can be treated by making changes in their diet and increasing their level of physical activity. You may even be able to return their blood glucose levels to the normal range.

A recent study showed that some medications may delay the development of diabetes- diet and exercise worked better. Just 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity, coupled with a 5-10% reduction in body weight, produced a 58% reduction in diabetes.

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I've got it and it looks like being fat and lazy are the top 2 contributers but eating like crap and lack of exercise are the icing on the cake so to speak

Its caused by an over consumption of sugary products, which is why overweight people may develop this later in life. Each cell has a certain amount of receptors for different enzymes which your body needs. To allow for the uptake into cellls, the receptors will be on the outside, and "attach" to the enzyme. In the case of diabetes, it is insulin uptake. In type 2, these receptors have been so overused, that they are worn out and can no longer perform their duties, making it more difficult for the body to uptake insulin, hence insulin shots. Type 1 is when these receptors are insufficient or not present at birth.

I've just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I'm not over weight nor lazy as i work full time the doctors had said its genetic as my father and his family have it so please everyone else you don't have to be fat or lazy just unlucky.