Book Diet Insulin Resistance
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes: Part I
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes
Part 1 of 2
Blaming the Patient
Well it's about time!
Several articles on diabetes in the New York Times this week noted that type 2 diabetes is not caused by simple sloth and gluttony: it has a strong genetic component. Furthermore, weight loss alone may not make type 2 diabetes go away, because the underlying cause is insufficient insulin as well as insulin resistance.
Some patients have been saying this for years, but then, who listens to pati...
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