Three main types of diabetes affect 30 million people in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and 1 in 4 don't know they have it.
Type 1: An auto-immune disease commonly, but not always, diagnosed in childhood. The body's own immune system destroys the pancreas. Type 1 diabetics must take insulin injections.
Type 2: More than 90 percent of people with diabetes have Type 2. Usually diagnosed in adults over age 40, about 80 percent of sufferers are overweight. In Type 2, the pancreas produces insulin but the body becomes increasingly resistant to it and, eventually, production is decreased. Weight loss, exercise, diet and insulin pills can help people stay healthy.
Gestational diabetes: This occurs during pregnancy and often disappears after delivery, but there is an increased risk of developing diabetes later in life.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
