oxidation_is_normal
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tara said:I can propose a possible mechanism consistent with this study result, but I can't demonstrate that it is the/a real one - there may be other mechanisms at play.
It could be that a statistically significant difference between thin and fat diabetics is that the fat ones are more likely to be eating to appetite, and the thin ones are more likely to be restricting their diet and eating less calories than they feel like.
Don't have time for a full reply, but I disagree because you don't get to have a mechanism of action from a symptom. If diabetics who eat to appetite are protected more than the rest - for example - then it is the eating to appetite that is the cause and, again, the growth of the fatty tissue is tertiary. We've established multiple types of diabetes - at least 1 and 2 are very different from each other - and if we broke down type 2 more and say "fat people type 2" and "skinny people type 2," then that still has nothing to do with saying "hey people with diabetes, you should be fatter because less fat diabetics have problems than skinny diabetics." TL;DR = causation != correlation.
The default behavior is for people to rationalize their current state with whatever resources are available. I'm not gonna go easy on any group including people with lots of extra adipose tissue because they may be more sensitive on internet forums because their symptoms are more visible. One of my person symptoms from another thread was constipation... People shouldn't go easy on me with advice just because my symptom wasn't written all over my body shape.