TIL to understand diabetes, a lock and key analogy is useful. To provide energy to cells, insulin (the key) unlocks cells to let sugars in. Type-A is the pancreas producing too few keys, so insulin is injected. Type-B means rusty keyholes, which can be fixed with exercise, weight loss, or medicine.

http://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/2010/10/which-is-worse-type-1-or-type-2-diabetes/



Submitted March 22, 2015 at 07:08PM by Vranak http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zwhhh/til_to_understand_diabetes_a_lock_and_key_analogy/