The difference between type one and type two diabetes is that people with type one diabetes are insulin dependent and people with type two diabetes still produce insulin but possibly not enough, therefore, they must take pills to lower their blood sugar. People with type one diabetes must take insulin in order to move sugar from the bloodstream. Type one diabetes can be caused by a virus or an autoimmune disorder and the body attacks the pancreas where insulin is made. Therefore, people with type one diabetes must take insulin injections in order to lower their blood sugar and stay alive.  There is no prevention for this type of diabetes. This type of diabetes usually happens before the age of forty and is known as Juvenile Diabetes or Childhood Diabetes. 

    Type two diabetes takes place when insulin that the body produces is not as efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream.  Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as good as compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency.  High blood sugars are a result of this but type two diabetes can be treated with a special diet, exercise and weight loss. Type two diabetes is common among people who are obese and don't do enough physical activities. Most people with type two diabetes developed it later on in life and is called adult onset diabetes. Their body might produce enough insulin but it doesn't work as well as it should. Eighty-five percent of diabetics are type two. This type can be prevented if it is caught early enough. 

     The difference between type one and type two diabetes is that the pancreas of a type one diabetic produces no insulin at all and has to have insulin injections in order to survive, while the body of a type two diabetic produces insulin but does not work as well as it should when it gets to the cell, called insulin resistance.