• GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yes and no for US. We have folks lining up for ice cream at Walmart and jabbing insulin with it. Diabetes is a diet disease (T2). My A1C was north of 15 when diagnosed. I did go the diet route and managed it before 5.7 for 4 years and now finally it’s creeping up to 5.9. It’s a chronic disease and will get worse with time.

    Other issue I find is it is expensive to eat healthy in US. So either we need to provide cheaper healthier option or we need to provide insulin. We cannot take them both away.

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      1 month ago

      Diabetes is a diet disease

      Poor diet can increase likelihood of developing T2, and good diet can help manage, but diet does not prevent onset of T2. Also prevalence of gestational diabetes is often a precursor to T2 later in life even when diet and lifestyle otherwise “healthy”.

      Diabetes is sometimes a diet disease, good diet is not a panacea

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      1 month ago

      it is expensive to eat healthy in US

      Expensive and inconvenient.

      If you’re not cooking for yourself, 95%+ of what’s available for “low effort” is sugar coated salty fat bombs. That’s what “free market” competition in restaurants gets you: hyper-attractive foods.