You know what I hate

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The general misconception that eating too much sugar gives you diabetes. It really annoys me when people find out that I have diabetes, a lot of times I have heard “oh, well, did you eat a lot of sugar?” or “Really, but you’re not overweight.” 

I mean, it’s all right that you don’t know what actually causes diabetes, but do you really think saying that someone shouldn’t have eaten so much sugar or doesn’t look like they are overweight is gonna make someone feel good? Didn’t think so. 

I wish the misconception could just go away. No, diabetes is not caused by eating to much sugar. Yes, people are more susceptible to type II diabetes if they are overweight, but even then, the disease is still linked to certain genes, so it is an inheritable factor. 

In addition, Type I diabetes isn’t even associated with your diet as well. It can also be inherited, and is caused by the body’s own immune system attacking the beta cells that produce insulin in the pancreas because it believes it is foreign. 

Diabetes is a disease, and spreading the misconceptions stated earlier isn’t going to help out people with diabetes. We deal with enough pricks a day already, we don’t need to deal with any more with these mindless comments. 

And I know some people state those comments because they actually believe they are true, which is okay, I just wish overall there could be more education about this disease, even for people who don’t have to deal with it.