Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or Type ll diabetes is the body's inability either to provide adequate amounts of insulin to keep up with its requirement, or the cells simply ignore the insulin As with IDDM, the sugar remains in the blood stream instead of being transported into the cells to be used as energy. The same problems occur in both types of diabetes, carbohydrate metabolism doesn't take place, the body is unable to utilize the glucose in the blood stream without the hormone insulin to help transport it into the resting muscle cells to be used for energy. As with type l diabetes, fat and muscle stores are broken down to be used for energy, they feel hungry and may increase their intake but are not able to properly utilize the carbohydrates they ingest. While insulin may be required to assist with blood sugar control, many people can achieve control with oral medication and sometimes with changes in diet and exercise. The cells are very permeable to glucose during heavy exercise, so this can not be stressed enough to people who want to take control of this disease and their bodies. This type of diabetes can be diagnosed at any time during a persons life. A few things that increase the risk for developing type ll diabetes are being overweight, the more fat on the body, the more resistant the cells become to insulin. Family history. Personal activity levels, the less active you are, the greater the risk for developing type ll diabetes. Race, although the reason has not been determined yet, for some reason, African Americans, American Indians and Asian-Americans are at greater risk. Age, your risk goes up after age 45.
Statistics
According to the American Diabetes Association, there were 1.9 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed in people over the age of 20 in 2010.
79 million people estimated to have undiagnosed diabetes.
According to Center for Disease control, the lifetime risk for a person born in the year 2000 to develop either type l or type 2 diabetes is 38%.
