Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

🔹Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that affects how your body processes blood sugar (glucose). In this condition, your body either doesn't produce enough insulin or has become resistant to insulin's effects.

Key Characteristics

🔹 The body becomes resistant to insulin, making it harder for cells to use glucose for energy

🔹 The pancreas can't produce enough insulin to overcome this resistance

🔹 Blood sugar levels become elevated, leading to various health complications

Risk Factors

🔹 Being overweight or obese

🔹 Physical inactivity

🔹 Family history of diabetes

🔹 Age (risk increases after 45)

🔹 Poor diet high in processed foods and sugars