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While doctors do distinguish between different types of diabetes, my anecdotal experience is that they do not in practise distinguish between the two types. Th

While doctors do distinguish between different types of diabetes, my anecdotal experience is that they do not in practise distinguish between the two types. They do not tell type II patients that they will not have the condition if they don't eat carbs. So which is worse or more harmful? Me, some clown on the internet, bringing this to people's attention? Or 1000s of doctors failing to provide full information to their patients, thereby dooming them to a degenerative life experience, taking ever greater drugs?

beagle3 6y ago
You. Because despite knowing the difference, you help perpetuate the “no difference” ignorance. I know people who were scoffed by teachers in school (and by others) “well, you shouldn’t have eaten so much sweets then” for having type 1. Doctors do differentiate. They do not prescribe metformin for type 1, and approach insulin very differently (if at all) for type 2. They don’t recommed eliminating carb for type 2 because they don’t know it works (for no direct fault of their own... the system is biased against it) I think ignorance is worse than feigning ignorance when you know better. But maybe that’s just me.