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A lady of my acquaintance has a son, aged around 45-50, who has been institutionalised for many years with schizophrenia. He has also been Type 1 diabetic since his teens. The diabetes came first and was controlled with animal insulin. Then he was switched to human analogue insulin and he...

Ken, this is an interesting read. I was almost convinced I needed the statins but right near the end the author says: 'Not everyone with diabetes has the same risk: there are people with Type 2 diabetes who aren't overweight. Not all smoke or have high blood pressure. So while the studies show...

Thanks, Molly. I'm particularly interested in this part of your post. Was your brother told that he had furred up arteries directly as a result of being diabetic, or was it indirectly, e.g. the furring up being a consequence of being overweight, with this excess weight being caused by the...

Thanks Graham, I remember seeing that thread last year. The disturbing part is where someone has posted that surgeries / health centres get paid according to the number of diabetics who are on statins.

For the last few months my GP has been pressurising me to go onto statins. I have a cholesterol level of 5.6 total cholesterol (units mmol/l I think); no differentiation into types. She tells me diabetics have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. What I have not been able to find out is...

I'm not sure about the fat ...when I had my blood tested last month I was told I had fairly high cholesterol (can't remember the figure). I was initially told to avoid fat but the doctor changed her mind as I was down to 8 stone (at 5 feet 7 inches ...and I'm a male treecreeper). Advise was...

Thanks for digging this out Sue, I'll give this stuff a miss unless a doctor or dietitian gives it an unambiguous thumbs-up

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes six weeks ago. I have been put on maximum dose of gliclazide (4 * 80 mg) and whether I'm put on insulin depends on blood glucose levels over the next three weeks. Unrelated to that I've been seeing an osteopath about a different problem. He has asked me to...