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>> there is a chance that now your pancreas is not producing enough insulin, you're going almost from type 2 to type i. that's when the oral medication doesn't work, you have to start giving insulin. >> can you get diabetes from drinking too many sodas? >> you're prone to it. type 2 is genetic. if you want to ward off diabetes, exercise, have fiber not soda pop, not cookies, not cakes, lose weight. if you do that, you'll be on the right diet. to your other question, sometimes you can get type 2 diabetes even if you're not overweight. that runs in families. >> type i is worse of the two. how do...

Know is who told her that because most of the final type i diabetes, i'll tell you what it is, type i is diagnosed around the age of 14. i would immediately go for a second opinion. type i is when the body makes antibodies and destroys part of the pancreas that doesn't make insulin. you have to be dependent on insulin otherwise you go into a coma and make ketones. type 2, you don't make enough n insulin for what you need. you make insulin but not enough to overcome the body not using it properly. what's the treatment for that? lose weight, that helps you, we give you insulin or oral medication...

Trying to get rid of that fat can help treat diabetes. >> that can help treated, it can help avoid it, but does it cure it? >> type 1 diabetes is an auto immune disease, it's genetic, it's not purely related to weight. type 2 is related to weight, so to answer your question, yes, i can prevent this. if i have a patient that has a high sugar and they literally exercise and drop weight, i have about a 20 to 30% chance of them never getting diabetes over the next five years. >> can you get rid of it if you get it? >> you can get rid of it if you get it, type 2. there's ho there's hope, you're not...

To do something that we feel the risk is worth taking. you know, there's other options out there. i could go to china and try some questionable stem cells and we've looked at that and decided it's not a risk we're willing to take but when we talk to people who have gone through phase one and phase two clinical trials and talk to our doctors and look at the research and make an educated decision about taking the risk, this is probably one that i most definitely would be willing to take when it comes to this type of drug. there are others coming down the pike. it would be nice to see a little mo...

Some time now and joins us excu exclusively tonight. thank you so much for joining us tonight. how is jake? >> jake is doing okay. he's struggling with pneumonia from flu he caught and was admitted on sunday but he seems to be progressing in the right direction. >> all right. let's talk about him. jake is 3 years old and suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. tell us about his struggle with the disease and his prognosis. >> sure. he was diagnosed when he was roughly 6 months old. he's got type 2 which is he's able to sit but not stand or walk. he's, you know, he's a wonderful boy and his progno...