On 10/8/2016 12:46 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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But people died younger and diabetes was not recognised.
Modern analyses of historical figures show that it is pretty certain
that both Bach and Handel died from diabetes and at their age it would
have been Type 2.
Graham