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Differences Among Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes

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A fairly basic, but informative article.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/differences-among-type-1-type-2-gestational-diabetes-160418993.html

You may think you know what diabetes is. But do you know there are actually several types of diabetes, each with its own causes and risk factors? It's important to understand the different types because so many Americans live with the disease -- 29 million people in the U.S., or 9 percent of the population, according to the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes experts expect that number to grow as obesity becomes a bigger health problem, as being overweight or obese is more likely to lead to diabetes.
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joG said:
Obesity is already driving up healthcare costs and lowering average life expectancy.
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Unfortunately, yes. But knowledge is a weapon to fight Type 2. And my goal is to arm as many people as possible. ;)

I am a Type 1. Not a whole lot can be done to avoid it, but a lot of people don't realize what's happening until they end up in the ER with a BG over 500.
 
My mother and I are both Type two. She has never been overweight in her life, and I've never been all THAT much overweight. We have also both always been very active.

Yes, being fat or eating a poor diet may lead to type two, but weight isn't the only cause. Type two, or at least the propensity to become a type two diabetic can also be hereditary like type one.

The article briefly touched base on this, but I wanted to point it out because there are so many people who just assume that poor life choices are the only cause of diabetes

And kinda unrelated, but Metformin is the most common drug used to treat type two. It's been discovered pretty much by accident that people who take Metformin have lower rates of age related illness. they discovered this while tracking the health of type two diabetics (the study that discovered this wasn't directed at Metformin, it was studying the long term health of diabetics in general). There are now several studies going on to see if Metformin can actually slow down aging. It's cheap and widely available and has few if any long term side effects. Might not exactly reverse aging like the fountain of youth, but I wouldn't mind having my age progression slow down a tad.
 
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My mother and I are both Type two. She has never been overweight in her life, and I've never been all THAT much overweight. We have also both always been very active.

Yes, being fat or eating a poor diet may lead to type two, but weight isn't the only cause. Type two, or at least the propensity to become a type two diabetic can also be hereditary like type one.

The article briefly touched base on this, but I wanted to point it out because there are so many people who just assume that poor life choices are the only cause of diabetes

And kinda unrelated, but Metformin is the most common drug used to treat type two. It's been discovered pretty much by accident that people who take Metformin have lower rates of age related illness. they discovered this while tracking the health of type two diabetics (the study that discovered this wasn't directed at Metformin, it was studying the long term health of diabetics in general). There are now several studies going on to see if Metformin can actually slow down aging. It's cheap and widely available and has few if any long term side effects. Might not exactly reverse aging like the fountain of youth, but I wouldn't mind having my age progression slow down a tad.
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A quick search found this:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02432287

If successful, it wouldn't be the first drug found to have multiple benefits, but considering the rising number of T2D out there, it would be widespread. I know that sounds a little 'off', but if something good can come out of it, I'm all for it.
 
Glycemic load (or the propensity to spike your BG) has long term effects for both T1 and T2. The lower the glycemic load, the more stable your blood sugar will be.

Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods - Harvard Health

It's not just for people who are dieting, though knowing something about what you are consuming is quite important in that aspect, the more stable you keep your BG, the less likely you will experience complications from diabetes.

This coming from someone who occasionally craves a snack bag of Fritos or Cheetos, lol. I will pay a price for it, no matter how carefully I plan my insulin intake for it, so I do limit it to one bag per month. There is no avoiding certain foods, especially at holiday meals or barbeques, but you can limit the amount you eat of it. Personally, I have found if I allow myself just a little bit of the forbidden 'fruit', then it cuts the craving, and one is less likely to binge.
 
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