Unfortunately under certain circumstances, the body is unable to make enough of this insulin or to where it does make enough, properly use it. This is what is known as diabetes. There are two types. Type 1-caused by the auto-immune response of the immune system attacking the Destructeur De Diabète pancreas and destroying the insulin making cells of the organ. It makes up about 5-10% of diagnosed diabetes cases. Type 2, in which though the pancreas still makes insulin, the body has lost sensitivity to it and no longer responds to it properly (makes up about 90% diagnosed diabetes cases). The result of both types is that glucose can't get into the cells normally. As such blood sugar level rises and if left untreated leads to medical complications. Accordingly, it is imperative as with most diseases that one, looks towards prevention rather than cure. As far as Type 1 diabetes goes, the prevailing wisdom is that it can't be prevented. In fact, for now, it can't even be predicted who will or won't get it. Evidence however suggests that there may be a genetic predisposition to it. A genetic predisposition to the disease though is not ordinarily enough to trigger it. What triggers it in most cases is an external factor- a virus for example, as in the case of a child.
Having said this, research does show that breastfeeding, avoiding early introduction of solid foods and other factors might play a role in lowering the risk of developing the disease. That is for type 1. For Type 2 though, prognosis for prevention is rosier. Since Type 2 is predisposed on the body losing its sensitivity to insulin, there are several steps one can take to prevent this from happening or where it does happen, to even reverse it. These follow; First, eat a healthy balanced diet. A healthy balanced diet would comprise the 5 major food groups eaten in the appropriate portions or servings. To help guide citizens on what constitutes this, the UK government devised the Eat Well plate which is the national food guide designed to help UK citizens have a healthy balanced diet. It is based on the basic five food groups and the guide stipulates the percentage of a person's plate that should be made up of each food group.