There are two classifications of diabetes - Mellitus and Insipidus. Mellitus is from the Latin word for 'honey' referring to the taste of the urine which is sweet and is the type of diabetes that almost everyone is familiar with. Insipidus means 'no taste' referring to the highly diluted urine in cases of diabetes Insipidus which is mostly water. Diabetes Insipidus is extremely rare.

Diabetes Mellitus is the form of diabetes that involves insulin and the blood system. There are several types of diabetes mellitus:

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus - also known as juvenile diabetes, as well as 'insulin dependent' diabetes - probably can't be prevented.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - also known as 'adult onset' diabetes as well as 'insulin resistant' diabetes - can be prevented.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - happens during pregnancy - probably can be prevented.

Prediabetes Mellitus - not yet diabetes - can be prevented.

There are qualifiers of course with all of these forms of diabetes. It depends on other issues - such as ethnic groups, age groups and many other risk factors.

Is your head spinning yet? Take a deep breath as there is more!

Central Diabetes Insipidus - also known as 'water' diabetes - probably can't be prevented but it really depends on the cause.

Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus - another form of 'water' diabetes - probably can't be prevented, but yet, depending on the cause, in some cases, probably can.

Gestational Diabetes Insipidus - another form of 'water' diabetes - probably can't be prevented.

Dipsogenic Diabetes Insipidus - probably can't be prevented.

Diabetes Insipidus are very rare forms of diabetes and involve the inability to retain any water in the body. Insipidus and mellitus only commonality is they both involve the frequencies of urination and extreme thirst. Each type of diabetes has many other factors involved - some factors can be prevented and others can't.

The really important question for any form of diabetes should be; can it be treated? But the answers are not clear on that question either so we will leave that for another section.

This section on 'Diabetes Prevention' is to help explain the intricacies of the many different forms of diabetes and why some forms can be prevented while others can't and still others are really a 'maybe'.

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