My Type 1.5 Diabetes Food-Story
Image by Edgar Castrejon for rawpixel.com While genetics, ethnicity, and geography all play a role in type 1 and 2 diabetes, type 2 can be reversed with lifestyle choices like diet and exercise, but type 1 cannot be cured. By definition, type 1 diabetes is usually the diagnosis when the body’s immune system is destroying beta cells in the pancreas which leads to insufficient amounts of insulin being produced and type 2 diabetes results from the body’s resistance to insulin which causes glucose/sugar to stay in the blood so it is unable to be used by the body as energy. Once I had a clear understanding of the difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes, I was able to start reprogramming my food-story, starting with the items I put in my grocery cart, followed by my menu choices at restaurants, and my longtime beliefs about good vs bad fats. After years of being occasionally challenged about my type 1 diabetic diagnosis by family and friends who rightfully queried “Does...
