Type two diabetes will significantly and permanently affect an individual's life. A change in human lifestyle has caused a surprising increase in the number of diabetes diagnoses. No cure has been discovered, only ways to reduce the risks. Type two diabetes forever alters an individual's life; therefore, people should beware of the danger of an unhealthy lifestyle even before diagnosis (Zimmet). Type two diabetes is a condition in which the body produces too little insulin or is unable to properly use the insulin it creates. In order for the body to go through the process of acquiring energy, it must have insulin. After the food was broken down, insulin transported the energy created in the breakdown process to all the cells. Type two is also the most common form. Millions of people are diagnosed with a lifelong disease, and millions more are unaware that they have, or are at risk of having, the disease (Bureau). The causes of type two diabetes are genetics and lifestyle. Usually not one, but both must be true. Of the two, genetics increases risk by basically planting the seed. The seed needs water and sunlight, or lifestyle, to germinate. Identical twins, for example, have the same genes but in 75% of cases only one of the twins develops diabetes. When someone says “It runs in the family” about diabetes, they actually mean that unhealthy habits run in the family. Genetics simply increases the risk of the disease becoming active due to unhealthy habits (genetics). Excessive observations continually lead to weight as a directly related diabetes risk factor. The CDC analyzed data from two different surveys. Of every adult diagnosed with diabetes – United States, 1988–1994 and 1999–2002." MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 53 (45): 1066–8. Risérus U, Willett WC, Hu FB (January 2009). "Dietary fats and diabetes prevention type 2". Advances in lipid research. Santaguida PL, Balion C, Hunt D, et al. (August 2005). "Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycemia." Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) (128): 10. Zimmet, Paul, Alberti KG, Shaw Jonathan (December 2001). “Global and social implications of the “type 2 diabetes” diabetes epidemic. PubMed Health. AS>AM, Inc., May 10, 2010. Web, March 28, 2011. “Bureau of Prisons.” Diabetes management. Federal Bereau of Prisons, November 2010. Web, March 29, 2011. “Diabetes Genetics: American Diabetes Association Basics,” n.d. Web 2011.