Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is an estimate of how many calories your body burns at rest. It represents the minimum amount of energy needed to keep your body functioning, including breathing and keeping your heart beating. Your BMR uses up about two-thirds of your daily calories.
1 Diabetes-related complications include damage to large and small blood vessels, which can lead to heart attack and stroke, and problems with the kidneys, eyes, feet and nerves. 2  The risk of most diabetes-related complications can be reduced.  Regular screening is important to detect complications early.
Some effects of type 2 diabetes are short-term, either related or unrelated. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterised by high levels of sugar build up in the bloodstream, which may happen gradually over the years.Owing to slow progression of the disease, its effects are often ignored.Knowing about type 2 diabetesâ life-changing effects, be it short-term or long-term, helps manage diabetes.The following are the short-term complications associated with type 2 diabetes, what to do for them, and how to prevent them: 1  Low blood glucose.ike onlymyhealth on Facebook! 1  Hypoglycemia is a short-term effect of type 2 diabetes. 2  So is hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome. 3  Though very rare, you should be aware of it. 4  It is crucial to know how to handle it if it occurs.