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Weight gain/ loss

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Hi, is weight better controlled using insulin (Humulin I) or oral meds?
I saw something on tv ( a soap) about a young girl diagnosed with diabetes and was scared to take her injections in case she became fatter.
I myself, have lost weight, thankfully, but I’m just inquisitive as to the facts on weight gain/ loss.
Thank you.
 
I think that you cannot rely on information in soaps to be particularly accurate.
Often one of the factors that indicates a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes is a sudden loss of weight and taking insulin will help to halt the weight loss but that is a very different situation to people who are Type 2 diabetic.
Don't confuse the two conditions as they are different.
If Type 1 then it would be very dangerous and life threatening for somebody not to take their insulin even though somebody might think of it as a way of remaining thin.
 
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