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Because nobody cares about your diabetes and obesity. Lay down that taco and get some fricken exercise, FFS.

icebraining 14y ago
What an ignorant post. How exactly does "laying down the taco" help Scott Hanselman and the other million of US citizens who suffer from Type 1 diabetes?
- derpmeister 14y ago
  Even if it doesn't, there's a lot more profit in advertising than insulin. The economy would probably function better if diabetes patients were left untreated and die, since the cost saving estimates are quite enormous.
  - lazugod 14y ago
    Why should we care more about the economy than we care about people with diabetes?
  - ciupicri 14y ago
    Isn't the treatment paid by the patients?
    - derpmeister 14y ago
      That's only a fraction of the costs involved. For one, today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients.
      - derleth 14y ago
        > today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients ... possibly. Or they could be tomorrow's cancer patients, or tomorrow's stroke patients, or tomorrow's jack-knifed tractor trailer across three lanes of traffic patients. All those can happen to people without diabetes, too, though; it's part of living.
        derpmeister 14y ago
        Sure, I get that. But diabetes and Alzheimer’s are actually related: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-a...
ciupicri 14y ago
There are multiple types of diabetes, one of them being type 1. "The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. Most likely it is an autoimmune disorder. An infection or some other trigger causes the body to mistakenly attack the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This kind of disorder can be passed down through families." [1] So how could taco and exercise cure this type of diabetes? [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/
shanselman 14y ago
Obesity and Type 1 diabetes aren't related...I think @raganwald was thinking about Type 2. For the record, I am not obese, nor are most Type 1 diabetes. For those with Type 2, yes, exercise and eating right largely solves that (totally different) issue.

What an ignorant post. How exactly does "laying down the taco" help Scott Hanselman and the other million of US citizens who suffer from Type 1 diabetes?

derpmeister 14y ago
Even if it doesn't, there's a lot more profit in advertising than insulin. The economy would probably function better if diabetes patients were left untreated and die, since the cost saving estimates are quite enormous.
- lazugod 14y ago
  Why should we care more about the economy than we care about people with diabetes?
- ciupicri 14y ago
  Isn't the treatment paid by the patients?
  - derpmeister 14y ago
    That's only a fraction of the costs involved. For one, today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients.
    - derleth 14y ago
      > today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients ... possibly. Or they could be tomorrow's cancer patients, or tomorrow's stroke patients, or tomorrow's jack-knifed tractor trailer across three lanes of traffic patients. All those can happen to people without diabetes, too, though; it's part of living.
      - derpmeister 14y ago
        Sure, I get that. But diabetes and Alzheimer’s are actually related: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-a...

ciupicri 14y ago

There are multiple types of diabetes, one of them being type 1. "The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. Most likely it is an autoimmune disorder. An infection or some other trigger causes the body to mistakenly attack the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This kind of disorder can be passed down through families." [1] So how could taco and exercise cure this type of diabetes? [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/

shanselman 14y ago

Obesity and Type 1 diabetes aren't related...I think @raganwald was thinking about Type 2. For the record, I am not obese, nor are most Type 1 diabetes. For those with Type 2, yes, exercise and eating right largely solves that (totally different) issue.