Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects more than 90 percent of people with diabetes. For reasons largely unknown, type 2 diabetics are unable to effectively make use of the insulin their bodies produce.
This insulin resistance interferes with the conversion of blood sugar into energy, putting type 2 diabetics at greater risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, kidney disease, nerve damage, amputations and blindness.
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Frankie lives with type 2 dibetes
