Dr. Michael Snyder

So to break this down or glucose dysregulation, there are people who don't make insulin early in life.

That would be called type 1.

You can still become...

insulin deficient and making insulin later in life for type 2.

But you can also have what are called beta cell defects.

So insulin is produced by your pancreas, your beta cells.

And I myself am type 2 diabetic.

I have a beta cell defect.

It took me a while to figure that out, meaning I make them some fun.

My cells respond, but I don't release it from the pancreas.

And then there's things called hepatic insulin resistance.

So your liver is insulin resistant in other forms as well, fat insulin resistance as well.

So we've now gotten into –

Dividing up diabetes.

So basically, classically, people will group people into type 1, which is 10% of people, or type 2, which is the other 90% of diabetics.

Well, it turns out that's a really broad category.

That can easily be subdivided into what we call subphenotypes, these different forms of glucose dysregulation.

And we think that's a big deal because it affects the drugs you take.

So, for example, I am a beta cell defect, and I didn't respond.

I went through exercises to be a runner, and I shifted to weight training about it'll almost be nine years soon.