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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1250102" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>I think you raise an important point. There are a number of possibilities, including:-</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People haven't thought to weigh up all the risks. - Diabetes is described as a condition where blood glucose levels are too high so the 'natural' thing to do is focus on glucose, which may mean that addressing other health risks may inadvertently be put on the back burner.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People have difficulty weighing up the risks. - We human beings are notoriously very poor at estimating and comparing risks. For example, it has been estimated that 1,595 Americans died because they chose to travel by car rather than plane in the aftermath of 9/11. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People may be well aware of the comparative risks and intend to give up smoking in the future but may find it easier to address the glucose control first.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People may be in denial about the risks of smoking.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People may have decided that giving up smoking is just too difficult for them so instead try to improve other risk factors as much as possible in (partial) mitigation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People may enjoy smoking so much that they believe their quality of life would be unacceptably reduced if they gave up so instead try to improve other risk factors as much as possible in (partial) mitigation.</li> </ul><p>Logically, once you have achieved good glucose control, the efforts put into achieving even better glucose control might be better directed towards addressing other risk factors for poor health such as smoking. However, humans have complex motivations and often do not behave in the most logical way.</p><p></p><p>I notice that some people appear to have interpreted your post as being deliberately unsupportive and criticised you for it. I can honestly say that, to me, it seemed like a genuine request for information/perspective to help you understand an apparent paradox. It's always difficult to judge where people are coming from on a forum where we don't have facial expressions, gestures and tone of voice to help us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1250102, member: 52527"] I think you raise an important point. There are a number of possibilities, including:- [LIST] [*]People haven't thought to weigh up all the risks. - Diabetes is described as a condition where blood glucose levels are too high so the 'natural' thing to do is focus on glucose, which may mean that addressing other health risks may inadvertently be put on the back burner. [*]People have difficulty weighing up the risks. - We human beings are notoriously very poor at estimating and comparing risks. For example, it has been estimated that 1,595 Americans died because they chose to travel by car rather than plane in the aftermath of 9/11. [*]People may be well aware of the comparative risks and intend to give up smoking in the future but may find it easier to address the glucose control first. [*]People may be in denial about the risks of smoking. [*]People may have decided that giving up smoking is just too difficult for them so instead try to improve other risk factors as much as possible in (partial) mitigation. [*]People may enjoy smoking so much that they believe their quality of life would be unacceptably reduced if they gave up so instead try to improve other risk factors as much as possible in (partial) mitigation. [/LIST] Logically, once you have achieved good glucose control, the efforts put into achieving even better glucose control might be better directed towards addressing other risk factors for poor health such as smoking. However, humans have complex motivations and often do not behave in the most logical way. I notice that some people appear to have interpreted your post as being deliberately unsupportive and criticised you for it. I can honestly say that, to me, it seemed like a genuine request for information/perspective to help you understand an apparent paradox. It's always difficult to judge where people are coming from on a forum where we don't have facial expressions, gestures and tone of voice to help us. [/QUOTE]
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