What is type 2 diabetes? This article focuses on different aspects of this question. Type 2 diabetes, formally known as type 2 diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar (glucose), which is you body’s main source of fuel. This disease has been described as a growing epidemic; millions of people have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in America alone. Almost everyone knows someone with the disease. This is why it is so important for people to learn about type 2 diabetes and ways that it can be prevented.

How do you get type 2 diabetes? Genetics and environmental factors both play a role in how you get this disease. Diabetes does run in families, but if you are related to someone that has the disease it is not written in stone that someday you might have it. Recent studies have shown …