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- Type of diabetes
- I reversed my Type 2
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- Diet only
Is this so you fit with that old premise that you should keep your friends close but your enemies closer?!
(Which is your friend and which is your enemy is for you to decide!)
No, I think both places have their place, although I don't particularly like some of the things, or approaches DUK have a adopted, but then not everyone wants to approach things in the same way as me.
My local DUK group are a fantastic bunch of people, and the major reason I have a relationship with DUK. In the couple of years I've been going there I've had great support when I've had the odd issue crop up and they're very sociable and very successful in their fundraising activities. For example, this month alone, we will bank four figues from fundraising activities, and we're a from a small, no-horse town. People out there are very generous.
When we (i.e. my local group) donate money to DUK, as we must, we choose where we want our finds to be directed, and expect feedback on the studies we support. The latest couple of thousand we donated went towards work with mental health and diabetes. I don't think it can be denied that diabetes brings many psychological challenges alongside the physical ones.
Nowhere is perfect, but they are a big funder of research into various academic environments. As my dear old Mum used to say, "you've got to work with what you've got".
That's not meant to be any sort of huge promotion for DUK, but I would be disingenuous if I didn't recognise the work done, including the invaluable local support groups, who can really impacting those living with the condition.
