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Excess this disorder, such as glucose can also deposit smoking, high cholesterol Dr. S cott in the nerves (neuropa- and high blood pressure. Le wis thy). This can cause pain Unfortunately, one of the colu mnist and lack of sensation in major risk factors for heart the involved area. Should disease that is not declining in inci- there be accumulation in the kidneys, dence is diabetes. they may lose their function, at times Diabetes results from elevated blood requiring dialysis. glucose ("sugar"), which, in turn, affects Treatment of Type 2 diabetes aims various organs of the body. The elevated at lowering blood glucose levels, which glucose results from either underproduc- helps prevent the above manifestations tion of insulin (Type 1, formerly known of the disease. As too much body fat as juvenile diabetes), or ineffectiveness promotes its complications, the key of insulin (Type 2, previously called to treatment is weight loss, via proper adult-onset diabetes). diet and exercise. Insulin is the body's hormone Avoiding processed carbohydrates responsible for allowing blood glucose (sugar, white flour, etc.) and saturated to enter its cells, thereby supplying (animal) fat as well as eating lean pro- energy for the cells' needs. tein and healthy carbohydrates (veg- As Type 2 diabetes is often prevent- etables, whole grains and fruit) will able (and treatable) by proper diet and help promote the needed weight loss. exercise, much of this article will focus In addition, exercise (aerobic, weight on this form of the disease. training and stretching) will help burn Patients with Type 2 diabetes quite up excess body fat, thus utilizing our often are overweight. This excess body blood glucose efficiently. fat causes "insulin resistance," the inabil- Medications aim at decreasing insu- ity of even normal amounts of insulin lin resistance, decreasing liver produc- in the bloodstream to do its job. As dia- tion of glucose or enhancing pancre- betics accumulate more fat, the glucose atic production of insulin. At times, control worsens. On the other hand, as insulin must be injected to overcome the body fat content of diabetics lessens, the body's lack of enough insulin to the sugar level improves. overcome its resistance. Thus, Type 2 diabetes is, in actuality, Prevention of diabetes, of course, a disease of overabundance of fat; the becomes quite important. Although excessive blood sugar occurs second- heredity plays a big part in acquiring arily to this excess fat. the disease, it has been shown that Excessive sugar in the blood can proper lifestyle habits outlined above cause "acute" symptoms, such as can delay the disease to much later excessive thirst and urination, but it in life, or even to the degree of not is the long-term effects of diabetes acquiring it at all. that cause the most concern. As the Thus, if you are vulnerable to dia- glucose remains elevated for months betes, now is the time to behave "as if to years, it deposits abnormally in tis- you already are a diabetic:' so you can sues, thus causing the feared damage. avoid becoming one. This way we can This chronic hyperglycemia causes further prevent a major contributor to premature atherosclerosis (plaque in heart disease. ❑ the blood vessels). As a result, diabet- ics are more prone to heart attacks, Dr. Lewis is a primary care internal strokes and circulation problems in medicine physician at Premier Internists/ the legs at much younger ages than the Millennium Medical Group PC in Southfield.