Disease of the Week – Diabetes Type 1

Anyone Can Get Type 1 Diabetes

It isn’t completely clear what causes type 1 diabetes, but we know that diet and lifestyle habits don’t. Type 1 is thought to be the result of an autoimmune response, where your body attacks the cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that acts like a key to let blood sugar into your body’s cells for use as energy. Many people with type 1 diabetes have family members with type 1, but most don’t.