I don't know if you watched it, but Oprah's show a few days ago was all about diabetes ("The Silent Killer" *sigh*). I caught the last couple minutes but didn't watch much of it. Apparently, Dr. Oz needs to go back to school, hire an endrocrinologist, and just stop talking about it altogether. Almost all of what he said about diabetes on the show was completely off track. On facebook, a few of my diabetic friends have linked a blog that was posted about it, written by a type 1 diabetic of 35 years. The link to that blog post is below. As most or all of you know, I've been a type 1 diabetic since I was 5. It frustrated me to hear that someone who is a "doctor" and therefore someone with an opinion to be "trusted" was spreading falsehoods on national TV about the auto-immune disease that I and so many others live with. If you watched the show and are curious about diabetes, read the blog and do your own research on diabetes (The American Diabetes Association is a good place to start.), or reply to this post and ask me questions. I don't mind. If you're not curious and don't feel like reading this random guy's blog post, no worries. Just know that Dr. Oz doesn't know what he is talking about.
