{"id":31188,"date":"2012-11-12T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31188"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:34","slug":"type-1-and-type-2-diabetes-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31188","title":{"rendered":"Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes at the Same Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One thing I hear occasionally among type 1 diabetics is, &#8220;Well, at least I can&#8217;t get type 2 diabetes!&#8221; This reasoning makes sense if you think only about the two diabetes as two points along a single spectrum, with type 2 diabetes being a metabolic disease that is &#8220;the less severe&#8221; type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I felt compelled to answer: Yes, yes you can. You absolutely can. Yes you can have type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the same time. You&#8217;re unlikely to get diagnosed with type 2 diabetes if you already have type 1, because it&#8217;s hard to measure the difference in blood sugar values, but you can still suffer from both types of diabetes simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consider: type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the T cell mediated destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells. In other words, no beta cells.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/diabetes\/type-2-diabetes\/\">Type 2 diabetes<\/a> is a metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance in many of the cells in the body, and can progress to stress-induced (we think) death of the beta cells.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, if your beta cells are already gone as a result of type 1 diabetes, they can&#8217;t die again because of type 2. But you can definitely become insulin resistant, due to obesity, genetic predisposition, and\/or hyperinsulinemia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As if type 1 diabetes weren&#8217;t hard enough&#8211; consider doing it while your body is insulin resistant as well. Ugh. Don&#8217;t do it, people&#8211; watch your weight, stay active, eat well. Avoid type 2 diabetes, <em>especially<\/em> if you&#8217;re a type 1 diabetic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am thinking about all of this in the wake of having watched the HBO miniseries\/documentary, The Weight of the Nation. I highly recommend it&#8211; it was made in conjunction with the NIH, and hits a nice balance of being understandable and compelling, and being scientifically based. Plus, Francis Collins makes several appearances. I love that guy. It&#8217;s free, with four core episodes and a number of vignettes that go slightly deeper into detail, so check it out: <a href=\"http:\/\/theweightofthenation.hbo.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theweightofthenation.hbo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because, really, diabetes sucks, so let&#8217;s do what we can to avoid it when we can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ie6-1kqEIDU?rel=0[\/youtube]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[230],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes at the Same Time?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes, yes you can. 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