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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 389625" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>I became a Type 1 diabetic 30 years ago last month. And in my case, I'm certain it was partly self-infilcted.</p><p></p><p>I was living with a 'girlfriend'. And I use the scare-quotes because she was putting me under a lot of stress, which I believe was deliberate on her part. I could have walked out on her, but I didn't.</p><p></p><p>In my stressed state, I remember very clearly eating very badly: on an empty stomach, after a highly stressed night away with the 'girlfriend', I remember very clearly eating a large bag of wine gums on the drive back to London, from Norfolk. (I think I also ate a Mars bar, and still more junk.)</p><p></p><p>A week-or-so later, I remember noticing that I couldn't focus my eyesight on the end of the Territorial Army drill-hall. Previously, my eyesight had been perfect.</p><p></p><p>I made an appointment to see the GP. He took a blood-sample, and sent it to the hospital.</p><p></p><p>So I believe there were three major causative factors in my case: the 'girlfriend', the junk-food, and me.</p><p></p><p>Most people eat very bad diets, I believe, whether or not they're diabetic. And that includes children of all ages. I believe that a major factor in these cases is ignorance.</p><p></p><p>There is also a kind of wilful ignorance at play. Most significantly, I believe, there is an unwillingness of politicians and food-manufacturers to recognise both their own involvement in maintaining the status quo and in facing up to the potential for change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 389625, member: 57211"] I became a Type 1 diabetic 30 years ago last month. And in my case, I'm certain it was partly self-infilcted. I was living with a 'girlfriend'. And I use the scare-quotes because she was putting me under a lot of stress, which I believe was deliberate on her part. I could have walked out on her, but I didn't. In my stressed state, I remember very clearly eating very badly: on an empty stomach, after a highly stressed night away with the 'girlfriend', I remember very clearly eating a large bag of wine gums on the drive back to London, from Norfolk. (I think I also ate a Mars bar, and still more junk.) A week-or-so later, I remember noticing that I couldn't focus my eyesight on the end of the Territorial Army drill-hall. Previously, my eyesight had been perfect. I made an appointment to see the GP. He took a blood-sample, and sent it to the hospital. So I believe there were three major causative factors in my case: the 'girlfriend', the junk-food, and me. Most people eat very bad diets, I believe, whether or not they're diabetic. And that includes children of all ages. I believe that a major factor in these cases is ignorance. There is also a kind of wilful ignorance at play. Most significantly, I believe, there is an unwillingness of politicians and food-manufacturers to recognise both their own involvement in maintaining the status quo and in facing up to the potential for change. [/QUOTE]
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