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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
That's type 2. Type 1 is autoimmune, when the body suddenly begins attacking the pancreas. It is unexpectedly triggered in childhood, and requires immediate and lifelong insulin dependence. Type 2 is when the pancreas is just tired and worn out after years of abuse, and can often be controlled with an improved diet and exercise.
Both types are on the rise, but of course everyone can see why Type 2 is going up--diet and crappy lifestyle, as you said. No one can explain why Type 1 is surging.
Challenge it all you want, there's scientific data to refute you, which even Undertoad acknowledged was convincing. Autism is the only one that's political; the medical community generally agrees about the rest. Type 1 diabetes and life-threatening allergies can't linger undiagnosed for years because they kill you, in ways that make it very obvious what you died from.
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Well just because UT is convinced is no reason for me to be also. I can think for myself as well.
Although you may be right in saying that
the medical community generally agrees about the rest there is still no actual proof that most of these diseases didn't exist previously [eta: in the numbers that are now being diagnosed], and it's going to be impossible to ever know for sure simply because there isn't the historical data available.
While I understand your point of view and somewhat agree, I remain skeptical. That's all I'm trying to say.
Medical research is a massive industry with stakeholders from all arenas vying for the money offered by governments and other organizations as you know. I think it'll be another 50 years or more before we really know if what we
think is going on now actually is.