Diabetes 3

[Sqad]

It seems to be diabetes day to day.

Simple...if you are fat and lazy, then Type 2 is waiting for you...it's that simple and in my description of fat and lazy gives you the clue to treatment.

[Baldric]

Well said Sqad!

[puzzled54]

I am not fat and lazy, but I do have a family history of diabetes - is it any thing to do with genetics? Do I stand a higher chance than normal of getting it because my mother had type 2?

[Sqad]

puzzled.......might do.......might not do.

Sorry for that answer, but my OP stands firm.

There will now be a "flurry of scientific links" to say "might do...might not do."

;-)

[wolf63]

Sqad - I am fat and lazy and have type 2 diabetes so I fully agree with you.

However I have PCOS and have been insulin intolerant for over 30 years. I was suffering from periods of low blood sugar after meals and was always very tired. This has been a contributory factor.

And I am really old - soon be 50. :-)

[islasmum]

It can be genetic as well - a friend of ours is a very fit healthy man in his 50's, takes plenty of exercise, eats a proper diet, has an alcoholic drink very seldom, does not appear to be stressed, yet has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes - his brother also has it - he does everything wrong regarding diet and exercise, so am not surprised at him having it, as did their father, who developed it in later life. So it's not just fat and lazy people.

[cazzz1975]

Sir Steve Redgrave has type 2 Diabetes, the fat, lazy so and so..

[Sqad]

I would doubt that very much and although i am not privy to his medical records, my bet is that he has Type 1 diabetes.

[cazzz1975]

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Celebrity-supporters/Steve-/

[Sqad]

For much of his career, Redgrave battled severe illness. In 1992, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (although he had continued to train for a considerable time prior to diagnosis). In September 1997, Diabetes mellitus type 1 was added to his list of ailments. Through careful management, however, he was able to continue training right up to the Sydney Olympics.

Wikipedia.

[ummmm]

My nan had type 2 diabetes. She was 4ft 10 and slim. She also raised 13 children so couldn't be considered lazy.

[Sqad]

Simple...if you are fat and lazy, then Type 2 is waiting for you


Just to clear this up...that is what i said.

I didn't say that ALL Type 2 diabetics were fat and lazy.........but most are.

[cazzz1975]

there seems to be many articles claiming Redgrave to be type 2, I wouldnt necessarily rely on wiki as its not renowned to be 100% accurate.

[cazzz1975]

Lots of people are slim and type 2, I know several.

[ummmm]

Wiki is not accurate as anyone can add to it.

[Sqad]

cazz...no, you are almost certainly right.......but please read my post above.....

[Sqad]

ummmm...read my posts.

[albaqwerty]

what is the difference between type 1 and type 2 please?

Is type 1 when it's the pancreas as a youngster doesn't do its thing?

(Sorry for asking, just curious)

[Sqad]

cazz or ummmm will supply the definitive answer.

[ummmm]

I have read it :-)

My gramps was type 2 but he 'was' fat and lazy...

[LazyGun]

Obesity and laziness are definitely significant risk factors for T2DM - But they are not exclusive, and there are others, which are arguably equally important :)

wrt the type of Steve Redgraves Diabetes, it would appear wiki is wrong in this regard.

From the paper produced by the consultant who treated him at the Chiltern Diabetic Centre

"The random blood glucose was 25 mmol/l associated with moderate ketonuria, but no proteinuria. The results of investigation suggested
a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes with a negative islet cell antibody titre and detectable C-peptide."

And a link to the paper itself, discussing presentation, diagnosis and treatment
http://www.clinmed.rcpjournal.org/content/3/4/333.full.pdf