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  1. prancer53

    Type 1 Metabolic Syndrome

    I went to a doctor for a medical. At the end of it he stated that I had metabolic syndrome. During 57 years with type 1 this had never been mentioned to me. I also thought that metabolic syndrome referred to those with type 2. I looked it up and discovered that type 1 s can also have metabolic...
  2. prancer53

    Type 1s: GP confusion re type 1 type 2--anyone else get this?

    3 years ago I needed to have a private medical. I obviously told the GP who gave me the medical that I was type 1 YET he spent considerable time lecturing me about the fact that I had metabolic syndrome. When I chipped in that I had an auto immune disorder this was ignored. I needed the...
  3. prancer53

    FAT STOPS ABSORPTION OF GLUCOSE

    Hi I am new to the forum but have had diabetes (type 1) forever!! I am just wondering if anyone else has been told, as I was by practice diabetes nurse 2 days ago, that the reason I had an unexplained hypo was because I had eaten high carbohydrate food which contained fat which stopped glucose...