I will admit that I do not know all there is to know about Type 2 diabetes. I do have family members with type 2, but I do not live with it or with anyone that has it. So I won't pretend to know about type 2. But I do live with someone that has type 1, so I do know about that! And what I can tell you is what people say about comparing type1 to type 2. So I will tell you some differences.
Type 1 is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks itself and kills off all the insulin producing cells. The pancreas produces no insulin at all!
Type 2 is a disorder in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or the body is resistant to the insulin that it is making.
Type 1 will NEVER EVER go away no matter what you do!
Type 2 can go away.
Type 1 diabetics have to live on life support. Weather it is through multiple daily injections of insulin or being connected to an insulin pump 24/7. This is how they stay alive. This is their life support. LIFESUPPORT IS NOT A CURE! Until their bodies produce insulin on it's own and they no longer have to inject insulin, A CURE IS NEEDED!
Type 2 diabetics can take a pill to help their bodies use insulin correctly. Some may have to also give injections of insulin for a time, but this is not their life support. And just because they may have to give themselves shots, DOES NOT MAKE THEM TYPE 1! They are still type 2 and it can still go away!
Type 1 diabetics can eat ANYTHING others without type 1 can eat. The only difference is that they have to act as their pancreas with putting in enough insulin to cover what they eat. CARBS, NOT SUGAR, is what they have to watch. A piece of bread is just as dangerous as a piece of candy. They count the carbs, not sugar. And sugar can actually save their life sometimes! :-)
Type 2 diabetics I heard are supposed to watch their sugar.
Anyone that says they are cured from type 1, as Haley Berry said she went from type 1 to type 2, is ignorant and NEVER had type 1. No crazy insane diet can make it go away. Shanie can eat nothing all day long and her blood sugar can still be high! So do not believe in any miracle diet! Trust me, parents of type 1 children would love more than anything in this world for their children not to suffer!
So what do I want you to take away from this? Please do not compare the two. The only thing they have in common is that they both have to do with insulin. But they are not the same beyond that in any way shape or form. And one last thing, please DO NOT try to tell a type 1 diabetic what they should or should not do or eat. They know their disease, and unless you are living with it, you don't know what they have to do. :-)
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