About 90% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes if got type 2 the insulin pancreas can’t work properly or pancreas can’t make enough insulin and we all need insulin to live it does an essential job it allows the glucose in our blood to enter our cell and fuel our bodies when have type 2 diabetes body still breaks down carbohydrates from food and drink and turns it into glucose the pancreas responds to this by releasing insulin but because this insulin can’t work probably blood glucose levels keep rising so more