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To: Truthoverpower
They’re ain’t no skinny diabetics

Not true. I've met many skinny type 1 diabetics. Absent an insulin shot, the sugar lingers in their blood and damages organs. It doesn't get stashed into muscles and liver as glycogen. My Rat Terrier/Chihuahua cross became very fat, then suddenly lost weight and developed cataracts. He's a type 1 diabetic now. An insulin shot every 12 hours and careful monitoring of his blood glucose. We're keeping it around 100. His diet is very important. The "fat" dog food we were using for the other dogs was insufficient for him. He collapsed on the floor with his glucose down at 25. The vet brought him back with some glucose. He now gets his food very carefully monitored instead of eating from the "communal" bowls in the kitchen.

28 posted on 10/07/2018 10:22:20 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Not true. I’ve met many skinny type 1 diabetics.
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TYwo completly opposite diseases.
Type 1 = Pancreas fails to produce the hormone insulin because of damage to the insulin cells. Insulin injections are needed to replace the insulin.
Type 2 is caused by the overproduction of insulin causing insulin resistance. This causes glucose to be stored as fat. Adding insulin injections causes even more damage
Two completely opposite diseases treated one way.
Type 2 is a dietary disease, not a hormonal disease. You don’t fix dietary diseases with medication


42 posted on 10/08/2018 10:49:04 AM PDT by Joshua
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