INS and diabetes mellitus: Type 1 is far less prevalent, typically develops in childhood or adolescence, and is an idiopathic autoimmune disorder wherein pancreatic beta cells, which produce insulin, are destroyed by one’s own immune system.2 The vast majority (approximately 95%) of all cases of diabetes are type 2, which typically onsets in mid to late life and involves a combination of hepatic or peripheral insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction, contributing to an inability to suppress glucose production, inadequate glucose uptake, and relative insulin deficiency.2,3