There are a few things I NEED to say.

1. Type 1 diabetics WILL DIE if they don’t inject insulin or infuse it with an insulin pump EVERYDAY.

2. There is NO CURE for type 1 diabetes. It doesn’t matter what you eat, you will not cure type 1 diabetes with diet. It’s IMPOSSIBLE.

3. Insulin is NOT a cure. It is only replacing what a type 1 diabetic’s body has stopped producing.

4. Type 1 diabetes is an AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. The body’s own immune system is mistakenly attacking the pancreas and killing beta cells that produce insulin. Beta cells do NOT regenerate.

5. Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has nothing to do with what a person ate before they were diagnosed. SUGAR consumption does NOT cause type 1 diabetes.

6. A type 1 diabetic will have to inject or infuse insulin EVERYDAY… for the REST OF THEIR LIFE.

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There are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding type 1 diabetes because the majority of information that you read about “diabetes” is actually referring to type 2 diabetes. Type 1 and type 2 share the name “diabetes”, but they are very different diseases.

Of all the people diagnosed with “diabetes”, 95% are type 2 and only 5% are type 1. This makes it easy to see why there is so much confusion, as society as a whole caters to the majority when disseminating information, but lack distinction between the two diseases.

Btw… type 2 diabetics actual produce A LOT of insulin… which is the exact OPPOSITE of what a type 1 diabetic’s body does.