“I cured my type 1 diabetes” discussion
What do you guys think of this video?
I stumbled across it today and chose to watch it and it irritated the f out of me..
So you’re just telling people dangerous misinformation and basically saying they can‘t” cure“ themselves because they’re lazy or haven’t tried hard enough??!
We face sooooo much stigma and misinformation daily in the media that could potentially delay someone experiencing symptoms getting help because “diabetes is for fat people and those with poor lifestyle and diet choices”. And then the misinformed medical professionals (!!) like this is potentially very dangerous!! So it’s important to get the right information out there.
I’ve been diagnosed for almost 2 years now, diagnosed in my twenties, previously a very athletic person and cared about nutrition, healthy food and balance and ate accordingly to healthy blood sugars (yes, my before diagnosis and before I even knew type 1 diabetes existed!). When I was a kid, early teenager I was overweight (not obese; I still did sports outside of school multiple times a week) and was very much bullied because of it. And then I remember family members pointing at an ad which raised awareness for type 1 and said “See, if you continue to eat sweets, this will become you! You would have to INJECT NEEDLES to yourself multiple times a day!!!” said as this is the most horrible thing imaginable! So going into teenage I became very athletic and developed an ED (orthorexia) as well. So it’s very triggering when somebody spreads misinformation.
Since the diagnosis I’ve experienced insulin resistance, I’ve become very overweight, faced stigma and generally this has only brought me very negative things only.
So stuff like this is very triggering and irritating to come across.
Just wanted to share and rant with you guys and ask your guys’ opinion!