I am slightly overweight and I don’t eat healthy at all. I am 18 and I refuse to weigh myself. I am scared that I have or can get diabetes type 1. I don’t want to have it. I am fearing that I must change my diet or eat pills everyday. I love the food I am eating. I don’t want to change it……
First you need to do some more research and realize that type one diabetes is NOT a result of poor diet, being overweight, or a sedentary lifestyle. You are at more risk for having type TWO diabetes instead. Also, had you untreated type one diabetes you would be deathly ill and almost unable to function. Don’t court trouble. Work on your weight and lifestyle so that you can lesson your predisposition to type TWO diabetes.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
We ALL felt that way at 18! Visit a hospital and look, really look at the people there suffering from all kinds of problems that come with not checking your weight, blood sugar and other things you should be checked for routinely by a family doctor. You don’t have to give up everything, you just can’t lead a normal life and be a glutton. That’s called "having your cake and eating it too". You are only 18 and if you find out how, you can PREVENT the very thing that scares you – type-1 diabetes. It’s too late for a lot of us and I hate to see kids like you that could have a better life so easily! Go to a doctor, get yourself a complete physical and follow the doctors instructions – please!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
"I don’t want to have it", and, regarding your diet, "I don’t want to change it."
Weigh your options and see which you want more than the other.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Possibly, but to be sure you would have to have a blood test. Why wait? If you do they can give you medication to control it. If you wait too long and you do have it it can become very serious. Diabetes is a disease that when not treated can eventually kill you.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
No, theres more chance of you getting type 2 though.
If you develop type 2 diabetes caused by poor diet at 18 then you got some serious problems with your diet and should be ashamed.
Most ppl get it through years of generally abusing their bodies thru bad diet,no exercise,general lack of respect for themselves……
Some people get type 1 through no fault of their own, just genetics.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
First you need to do some more research and realize that type one diabetes is NOT a result of poor diet, being overweight, or a sedentary lifestyle. You are at more risk for having type TWO diabetes instead. Also, had you untreated type one diabetes you would be deathly ill and almost unable to function. Don’t court trouble. Work on your weight and lifestyle so that you can lesson your predisposition to type TWO diabetes.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 12:32 am
Well i think you are reffering to type 2 diabetes. Type one is heredity, not being over weight. So if you do feel you have a chance of tpye 2 diabetes, take a look to see if you have any symptoms before making a big guess
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