One is likely an auto-immune deficiency that strikes one in 300 people out of the blue and is forever. The other seems to be, in most cases, the result a lifetime of too many carbs and too little motion, leading to insulin resistance.
They don't even seem to have a lack of insulin in common, since insulin resistance, not a lack of insulin, seems to be the major issue with type 2.
The causes, the conditions themselves, and the treatment options have nothing in common. I wonder why they continue to share a name, leading to bad headlines like this one.
I agree with you and really get tired of hearing people say that diabetes is completely avoidable....as a 40 year type one I;d like to slap them when I hear that.
It could be even more confusing than it appears! Some believe there is even a type 3 diabetes, and in some folks it is actually difficult to determine if they have type 1 or type 2. Don’t ask me how this is, because I have no idea. Diabetes, in all its forms, is a much more complex disease (or diseases!) than people thought.