Diabetes types
Quick Ask - Diabetes:
What’s the difference between
type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
The primary difference is age of onset. Type 2 diabetes is also called adult-onset because it is usually the result of a chronic pattern of not eating well or exercising. Type 2 has always been very predominant but that seems to be changing as children follow the dietary lifestyles of their parents, or the cultural lifestyle of a fast food nation, so type 2 is happening a lot sooner now, at an earlier age than ever before.
The belief of the medical profession at this time is that blood sugar monitoring, dietary restrictions and insulin injections must be done for the rest of the affilicated person’s life, to control diabetes.
The holistic health practitioner does not share the hopeless view. It’s up to each parent who has a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, to fully research natural diabetes treatments and compare them carefully with the western medicine approach. The same comparisons and discernment should be used to decide on a course of action to treat adult onset diabetes.