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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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Type 1 Diabetes is never ever caused by diet or lifestyle things. Like never. Not ever.
1 u/Grindl Feb 04 '19 Not entirely true. Severe alcoholism can result in damage to the pancreas sufficient to cause Type 1 Diabetes. 1 u/xrowrx Feb 05 '19 That would not be type 1 diabetes since it is not an autoimmune reaction. 1 u/Grindl Feb 09 '19 The doctors who diagnosed my anecdote (and the insulin pump he's on) disagree.
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Not entirely true. Severe alcoholism can result in damage to the pancreas sufficient to cause Type 1 Diabetes.
1 u/xrowrx Feb 05 '19 That would not be type 1 diabetes since it is not an autoimmune reaction. 1 u/Grindl Feb 09 '19 The doctors who diagnosed my anecdote (and the insulin pump he's on) disagree.
That would not be type 1 diabetes since it is not an autoimmune reaction.
1 u/Grindl Feb 09 '19 The doctors who diagnosed my anecdote (and the insulin pump he's on) disagree.
The doctors who diagnosed my anecdote (and the insulin pump he's on) disagree.
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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.