Did anyone else watch the truly dreadful Panorama about diabetes?
Apparently children are born with Type 1, unlike Type 2 which is caused by being a lazy fat glutton.
A doctor claimed never to have seen a Type 2 child until recently. Muppet! What he should have said is that he never DIAGNOSED a Type 2 child until recently. I know enough people with MODY and other genetic forms of diabetes, some of which like me started having symptoms in childhood, and which are generally called "Type 2", and some of them actually got diagnosed.
Then there was the huge fat guy who was on insulin and another injectable, who started his day with FOUR Weetabix, then panicked because he had eaten chocolate. Probably not his fault, he may have been told to eat a low fat breakfast.
I could be wrong, and I deleted the programme in a fit of pique so can't go back and check, but I don't think carbohydrate was mentioned once.
Then there was The Truth About Meat, which someone described as TV for children.
Apparently children are born with Type 1, unlike Type 2 which is caused by being a lazy fat glutton.
A doctor claimed never to have seen a Type 2 child until recently. Muppet! What he should have said is that he never DIAGNOSED a Type 2 child until recently. I know enough people with MODY and other genetic forms of diabetes, some of which like me started having symptoms in childhood, and which are generally called "Type 2", and some of them actually got diagnosed.
Then there was the huge fat guy who was on insulin and another injectable, who started his day with FOUR Weetabix, then panicked because he had eaten chocolate. Probably not his fault, he may have been told to eat a low fat breakfast.
I could be wrong, and I deleted the programme in a fit of pique so can't go back and check, but I don't think carbohydrate was mentioned once.
Then there was The Truth About Meat, which someone described as TV for children.