Type 1 and 2 diabetes.

• What are the main differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
• The main differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes is about how different they use the insulin in the human body. The other reason is they both have different ways of talking about weight issues.

• How do diabetics manage their illness?
• diabetics manage their illness by managing their sugar levels. They even have to think carefully about what type of food they need eat.  If people have diabetes they will live longer  because its like being on a humongous diet.

• What are the risk factors for developing Type 2 Diabetes?
• The risk factors for developing Type 2 Diabetes is people who are overweight and people who eat fat food every single day or some skinny people who are unhealthy and have some food or fat issues.

• What are the main health risks for people who develop Type 2 Diabetes?
  The main health risks for people who develop Type 2 Diabetes are Heart Attack, Stroke, Blindness, Kidney failure and poor circulation.
  
  
  

• Summarise, conclude your findings on diabetes.

Diabetes is diagnosed when a person has too much glucose (which its just like sugar) in the blood.

Glucose is an essential source of energy for the brain and is one of the sources of energy for the body. Glucose comes from carbohydrate foods, which are changed into glucose after we have eaten them.

Glucose comes from the liver, where it has been stored. This saves some glucose when we are starved.

For people without diabetes the level of glucose in the body is between 4 and 8 mmol/L.

Insulin is produced in the pancreas and has two jobs in the body, the first is to transport glucose from the blood supply into fat and muscle cells, and it can be used for energy.The second one is to switch off the liver once the level of glucose in the blood is high enough.

Diabetes is the result of the body not creating enough insulin to keep blood glucose levels in the normal level range. It cannot be cured but it can be controlled. This happens because the pancreas cannot make enough insulin for the human body.