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Diabetes Epidemic Article From The Guardian

From the "newspaper" that was telling us that low carb diets will shorten our lives only a few days ago...
well well.. and no comments allowed on either article I note...
 
These articles that just talk about "Diabetes", when in fact they are only referring to T2D would make my blood boil if I could be bothered to care.

However I do feel sympathy for T1D sufferers who get painted with the same brush

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britishpub said:
These articles that just talk about "Diabetes", when in fact they are only referring to T2D would make my blood boil if I could be bothered to care.

However I do feel sympathy for T1D sufferers who get painted with the same brush
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many recently diagnosed type 2's are not fat.

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britishpub said:
These articles that just talk about "Diabetes", when in fact they are only referring to T2D would make my blood boil if I could be bothered to care.

However I do feel sympathy for T1D sufferers who get painted with the same brush
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I don't think any of us should be tarred with any brush. Insulin resistance can make someone fat for years before they are diagnosed with T2. As @lucylocket61 said in the OP...

'And they are still putting obesity as a cause, not a symptom. '

It's just fashionable to blame the obese that's all, but it's then a helluva shock for the many slim people who are diagnosed with T2. They don't know what they have done to cause it. Then answer is the same for all of us whether T1 or T2 or any of the other variations. Nothing. There's a genetic predisposition.
 
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britishpub said:
These articles that just talk about "Diabetes", when in fact they are only referring to T2D would make my blood boil if I could be bothered to care.

However I do feel sympathy for T1D sufferers who get painted with the same brush
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I think there is a general misunderstanding about diabetes. I think people associate 'diabetes' with 'fat' regardless of type. Having been diagnosed type 1 recently the most common reaction is "but how?! You are fit and healthy and play sport!".
 
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tomrose said:
I think there is a general misunderstanding about diabetes. I think people associate 'diabetes' with 'fat' regardless of type. Having been diagnosed type 1 recently the most common reaction is "but how?! You are fit and healthy and play sport!".
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Yes there is a lot of misunderstanding. People also fail to see that the reason someone is fat could be T2, and it's being fat that stops them from being active and playing sport. We didn't get fat because we weren't active. We aren't lazy, but our bodies don't work like other people's.
 
tomrose said:
I think there is a general misunderstanding about diabetes. I think people associate 'diabetes' with 'fat' regardless of type. Having been diagnosed type 1 recently the most common reaction is "but how?! You are fit and healthy and play sport!".
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Along with a suspicion that you must be eating 'sugar' in massive quantities and stuffing your face with cakes anyway. I have known people say this to your face whilst standing before you weighing at least 20 stones but without diabetes therefore counteracting the fat equals diabetes myth. They comment on how 'thin' you are then follow up with how bad your diet must be. Grrrrrr (and this I have to say was from the Occ Health bloke at work who came to 'assess' me).
 
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Yes there is a lot of misunderstanding. People also fail to see that the reason someone is fat could be T2, and it's being fat that stops them from being active and playing sport. We didn't get fat because we weren't active. We aren't lazy, but our bodies don't work like other people's.
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I also find that if i up my carb intake, or remember what i was like when i was eating more and more carbs "to give me energy" that I was exhausted all the time and felt like I was wading through treacle stuck in first gear.
 
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