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Is insulin resistance the same as type 2 diabetes?

April 26, 2017insulin resistance type 2 diabetes

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Is insulin resistance the same as type 2 diabetes?

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No. Insulin resistance can occur well before type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, perhaps for as long as decades before. When someone suffers from type 2 diabetes, their pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to meet the needs of the body’s insulin resistant cells.