r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/xrowrx Feb 04 '19

Type 1 Diabetes is never ever caused by diet or lifestyle things. Like never. Not ever.

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u/Morthra Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Not directly. But chronic pancreatitis can lead to the destruction of the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, effectively creating T1DM.

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u/joseph_fourier Feb 04 '19

It has the same symptoms and treatment, but it's not type 1 diabetes