"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 10/8/2016 2:46 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> In article >, says...
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>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>> T...
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>>>> In the days of the earl, most people didn't have diabetes yet.
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>>> Or simply undiagnosed.
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>> Yes sometimes, but I think their lifestyle was sufficiently different to
>> make diabetes a lot more rare.
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> Type I is probably not changed but I'd agree with Type II being more
> today.
>
> Would you like sugar with your Metformin?
Not just sugar, and they do routinely test for type 2 now whereas in the
past they didn't unless there were problems, and by the time problems
started, it meant the person had probably had it for many years before being
diagnosed.
Cheri