[quote=AN][quote=CA renter][quote=AN]Another medical advancement that will greatly improve a lot of people’s quality of life if they can have the same success in human as dogs:
This sounds exceptionally promising. Let’s hope they have similar successes with humans.[/quote]
This is the reason why I’ve said before that if you’re alive and healthy today, it’s very likely that you’ll live much longer than your parents’ generation. Not because you eat better or exercise more, but mainly due to medical advancements like these. Yes, eating right and exercise will help a lot, but these kind of medical advancement will allow even the lazy to live well beyond their years.[/quote]
AN, Type I Diabetes is hereditary. It has a common onset in the child or teenage years.
You don’t get it from being lazy.
Most of its “victims” are of normal weight or even thin.
It has nothing to do with how one eats or if they eat too much (although a victim of Type I diabetes will have to alter their diet).
It is a malfunction of the insulin output of the individual, due to heredity.
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I think you are referring to Type II (adult onset) diabetes in your latest post, caused primarily from inactivity leading to obesity.
This “dog study” has nothing to do with Type II diabetes as they are different animals, entirely.
