Scary day with my diabetes type 2 Today

[pitzy272]

JRPGfan said:

pitzy272 said:

Your diet is horrible. It’s bad for anyone, but especially as a diabetic, and you will never achieve truly good control (or health in general) no matter how many meds they put you on until you make a massive dietary change. I treat diabetes every day. I’m telling you, you have to see your doc, discuss your diabetes and diet, and have him refer you to a dietitian. If not that, you need to do a lot of reading on your own to become better informed. 23 is really young to become diabetic, so if you want to live a full life, you’re gonna need to get your diabetes under great control for now on. You need to commit to regular exercise as well. 

Right? like I think type 2 is what they call "old mans diabeties" because its usually something that happends when your like 60-70.

Well, he lives in the US where we have a diet that is detrimentally over-focused on carbs; carbs are not only readily available, but often times the cheapest option for a meal or to accompany one; we’re less active than most other countries due to most people owning their own cars; and foods are loaded with high fructose corn syrup. 

He’s still way below the average age at onset for type 2 diabetes, but it’s likely bc of how awful his diet it. He admitted he drinks soda a lot  That alone (along with turkey hill iced tea), if done in excess, will just destroy the body and hurl you towards diabetes. The patients I’ve seen coming in with BSs in the 500s in spite of no prior history of diabetes ALWAYS admit to an excess of soda (one guy 12 12-oz Pepsi’s a day) or turkey hill iced tea (usually around a gallon a day). Dxsega is eating bad otherwise, too, though. He eats a cheeseburger for breakfast! And fast food for dinner as well. And who knows what else in between.