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Thi is objectively and grossly wrong. Diabetes is genetic and most of those you hear about rationing got it as a child because of genetics(type-1), not because

Thi is objectively and grossly wrong. Diabetes is genetic and most of those you hear about rationing got it as a child because of genetics(type-1), not because they over-ate. Also, elderly get type-2 diabetes without being overweight. It’s statements like you made the perpetuate the victom blaming of diabetes.

WalterBright 3y ago
From the NIH: "You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are not physically active and are overweight or have obesity. Extra weight sometimes causes insulin resistance and is common in people with type 2 diabetes. The location of body fat also makes a difference." https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overvi...
- beached_whale 3y ago
  https://diabetes.org/diabetes/genetics-diabetes https://diabetes.org/diabetes/genetics-diabetes
  - WillPostForFood 3y ago
    Obesity tends to run in families, and families often have similar eating and exercise habits.
thowfaraway 3y ago
Falsehoods like that are 100x worse than the price of insulin. 90-95% of diabetes in the US is Type 2, and it is crap diet that causes it. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html And if you want cheap insulin, you can buy it for $25 at Walmart.
- beached_whale 3y ago
  $75 for their Novolog analog. Almost no one should use NPH, it’s generally terrible and costs the same as we pay in Canada for the name brand Novo insulin aspart(It’s not subsidized). The issue is people, generally, see diabetic and don’t ask, just assume. Millions are not type-2, many are due to pregnancies, old age too, or damage from disease. But even with obeisity/inactivity it is a risk factor and generally has a genetic component too. Plus, one the beta cells are gone, they are gone.

WalterBright 3y ago

From the NIH: "You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are not physically active and are overweight or have obesity. Extra weight sometimes causes insulin resistance and is common in people with type 2 diabetes. The location of body fat also makes a difference." https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overvi...

beached_whale 3y ago
https://diabetes.org/diabetes/genetics-diabetes https://diabetes.org/diabetes/genetics-diabetes
- WillPostForFood 3y ago
  Obesity tends to run in families, and families often have similar eating and exercise habits.

thowfaraway 3y ago

Falsehoods like that are 100x worse than the price of insulin. 90-95% of diabetes in the US is Type 2, and it is crap diet that causes it. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html And if you want cheap insulin, you can buy it for $25 at Walmart.

beached_whale 3y ago
$75 for their Novolog analog. Almost no one should use NPH, it’s generally terrible and costs the same as we pay in Canada for the name brand Novo insulin aspart(It’s not subsidized). The issue is people, generally, see diabetic and don’t ask, just assume. Millions are not type-2, many are due to pregnancies, old age too, or damage from disease. But even with obeisity/inactivity it is a risk factor and generally has a genetic component too. Plus, one the beta cells are gone, they are gone.