OFF : lemmy's health, or lack thereof

[Jon Browne]

In article <200105110214.WAA16100 at listserv.spc.edu>, Douglas Pearson
<ceres at SIRIUS.COM> writes
>Well, there you have it.  30 years of road food is more likely to kill you
>than 30 years of amphetamine abuse.  Just as with Jerry Garcia - a 20-year
>heroin addict done in by his "Ben & Jerry's" diet, not an OD.
>
>And people are out there protesting "genetically engineered" food while not
>raising a peep about the fact that damn near EVERYTHING you buy in the
>supermarket (not to mention the fast-food joint) comes LOADED with extra
>refined sugar - even salty snacks and hamburgers?!?


Type I (insulin - dependant) diabetes, like me and Jerry Garcia, (when
the pancreas no longer produces insulin) and Type II like Lemmy and
Chris (!) where insulin is produced but is not mobilised properly and
has to be facilitated by an oral agent such as Glucophage, are different
conditions with similar symptoms.

Neither of them are caused by abuse, or self-neglect. Yup, when you got
them you sure have to control your diet and lifestyle, but Lemmy's Type
II was not *caused* by eating sugar. If you're not diabetic, eating all
the sugar in America won't make you diabetic, just overweight!
--
Jon
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