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You seem to be confusing Type I and Type II diabetes, a pretty common error. Insulin of the sort referenced in this article is used primarily for Type I diabete
by pwinnski 5y ago
You seem to be confusing Type I and Type II diabetes, a pretty common error. Insulin of the sort referenced in this article is used primarily for Type I diabetes, which has little or nothing to do with sugar or carb-rich foods.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThe top-level post was about combined rates in the US, so I think they were commenting on that. Type II rates in the US is about 20X that of Type I
- pwinnski 5y agoThe linked article mentions Type I specifically also: "The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from $2,900 in 2012 to $5,700 in 2016, according to the most recent data available from the Health Care Cost Institute." Insulin of this type is used primarily to treat Type I diabetes.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoRight, but the top level post was talking about the different but related topic of overall diabetes prevalence.
- missedthecue 5y agoI was talking about combined rates, not just diabetes treated with the insulin generics discussed in the link.
- pwinnski 5y agoHow is modifying our diets a "cure" for Type I diabetes? The only "cure" I know about for Type I diabetes is insulin, the subject of TLA and as far as I can tell, the subject of GP's comment also. Your comment appears to be the first introducing the idea of diet, which suggests that maybe, as I said, you're confusing diet-related Type II diabetes (not the subject of the article) with Type I diabetes (the subject of the article).
- wang_li 5y agoIf we could solve the type 2 diabetics it would reduce the number of people living with it by 90%.