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I’m in Australia we unfortunately mimic the US when it comes to many health ailments - my girlfriend has T1 diabetes. I am offended with the intentionally slow
by paulsparkn 6y ago
I’m in Australia we unfortunately mimic the US when it comes to many health ailments - my girlfriend has T1 diabetes.
I am offended with the intentionally slow roll when it comes to artificial pancreas solution development... moreso, the regulatory hurdles these products are being held up in.
That said, there is a willing hacker community around CGM solutions that can be dove into that yields pretty awesome results in function and hip pocket savings.
- LinuxBender 6y agoOn the plus side, your country has some great scientists that are making some progress in changing your governments stance on health, albeit very slowly which I think speaks to your point about hurdles. One of my favorite Youtube channels is "Low Carb Down Under" and they often have great scientists speaking on these topics. [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/c/lowcarbdownunder/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/lowcarbdownunder/videos
- paulsparkn 6y agoThx! I’ll definitely sub up to the channel and follow along.
- fortran77 6y agoThis isn't T1 though they're talking about. It's T2. And 80% of people with T2 diabetes who are also obese and overweight would be asymptomatic if they got themselves down to a proper weight. T1 is a different story.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoT1 is "moral diabetes". I'm not sure there is a trend to be seen unless it has to do with the environment surrounding the pregnancy.
- bem94 6y agoWhat does "moral diabetes" mean?
- jjeaff 6y agoI think probably "moral" in the sense that it's not considered your fault to have type 1 diabetes. Type 2 is brought on by poor diet and exercise so it is the "immoral" version. Though I think the science on what drives hunger cravings and "willpower" and fat storage this leading to obesity is still in its infancy.