As the spouse of a Type-1 Diabetic and as someone involved with various Diabetic groups, I want to address the myth the is being perpetrated in today’s strip. While excessive consumption of sugar (including sodas) is a direct link to obesity which can lead to Type-2 diabetes, Type-1 (formerly know as “Juvenile Diabetes”) is an auto-immune disease. Neither children nor adults get it by “eating too much sugar.”
As the spouse of a Type-1 Diabetic and as someone involved with various Diabetic groups, I want to address the myth the is being perpetrated in today’s strip. While excessive consumption of sugar (including sodas) is a direct link to obesity which can lead to Type-2 diabetes, Type-1 (formerly know as “Juvenile Diabetes”) is an auto-immune disease. Neither children nor adults get it by “eating too much sugar.”