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Causes of Diabetes:

Apparently there is a strong hereditary factor that predisposes to both types of diabetes. However, as with many hereditary factors the presence of environmental factors may provide adequate conditions for this bias manifests itself or on the contrary can help prevent the condition occurring. Obesity and excessive consumption of fats are precipitating factors in type II diabetes. It is suspected that in both types of diabetes, but particularly on type I autoimmune processes may be involved. These are processes in which immune system cells that attack should be aimed at viruses or bacteria, they attack our own body.
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