Emily Kwong

Yeah, and humans, when you lock those insulin keys, it looks like diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes means the body does not produce insulin, so people take insulin medication, whereas

Type 2 diabetes means the body has more insulin resistance.

What is that?

So I have two family members with type 2 diabetes and...

They were always talking about their blood sugar.

Like, I got to watch my blood sugar.

And when I was a child, I just thought my grandpa's blood basically was made of cookies.

But what is blood sugar?

And why is that pertinent to diabetes?

Yeah.

Okay, so before glucose gets stored, it travels through our bloodstream?

Can you expand more on what can happen if the body spends a lot of time above and also below that?

Wow.

Okay.

And I know type 2 diabetes and type 1 have strong genetic components.

There's also lifestyle that can really change how it looks for folks.

So how does diet interact with glucose levels, considering that what we eat is where glucose comes from?

You may only need three.

And Sarah, what about time of day?