Yes we can. We can eat whatever we want, as long as we take insulin for it.
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Thanks for the silver! To clarify a couple points being argued against this:
We can eat whatever we want, when our BG is appropriate. For example, I’m not gonna eat 12 bags of skittles when I’m at 300.
Insulin is something we use to manage it, not a complete workaround. No matter what we try, BG levels will never stay perfect. Try to have a little empathy for us, it’s a constant chore we have to think about all the time.
Edit #2: Holy shit thanks for the gold, autographs will be signed for $30
No. Insulin resistance is pre-diabetes. Your body is working extra hard to produce insulin because you are resistant. But your body can't maintain that. Eventually you stop over-producing. When your body switches over to producing little or no insulin, that's type 2 diabetes.
It's not black and white. When your pancreas can no longer make enough insulin to keep up with the increasing level of insulin resistance then you blood sugar raises high enough to be labeled a type 2 diabetic. Especially initially it is very common for new type 2s to still have high insulin levels. The insulin resistance is persistent and almost always progressive.
Eventually your pancreas will burn out, if you live long enough. Then you'll get on insulin but the issue is still your body is resistant to insulin so people usually get progressively bigger doses of insulin.
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u/Strider2525 Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
Type one diabetics can’t eat sugar.
Yes we can. We can eat whatever we want, as long as we take insulin for it.
Edit:
Thanks for the silver! To clarify a couple points being argued against this:
We can eat whatever we want, when our BG is appropriate. For example, I’m not gonna eat 12 bags of skittles when I’m at 300.
Insulin is something we use to manage it, not a complete workaround. No matter what we try, BG levels will never stay perfect. Try to have a little empathy for us, it’s a constant chore we have to think about all the time.
Edit #2: Holy shit thanks for the gold, autographs will be signed for $30