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RFK Jr.’s FDA chief says diabetics should take cooking classes instead of insulin
(www.the-express.com)
He should take a look at reality maybe?
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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His blood sugar is high! Quickly!
drags his comatose body to the nearest cooking class
There we go!
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TIL the head of the FDA has the inability to take half a second and google the word diabetes.
Time to go all Wilford Brimley on his ass.
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Any pictures of this spliced with Trump and his fast food yet
This is why you shouldn't touch any new drugs and any produce from America. Ever since Trump it's actually scary to use now unregulated American products.
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You wish.
RFK Jr's FDA chief should probably go get some potty training instead of just spewing his shit for the world to see.
RFK is enacting Aktion 74 as part of the construction of the american reich.
Wouldn't they still need insulin though? Even if in lesser quantities.
Not against state funded mandatory cooking classes though if it'll help people eat healthier alongside insulin, though.
Type I and II diabetes (mellitus) are different diseases and insulin use isn’t simple enough that diet recommendations (which every diagnosed diabetic probably already knows) are a magical missing piece for RFK Jr.
People with type I are deficient in insulin and it’s part of treating the disease right away. Insulin is used for people with type II, who aren’t deficient but can’t use insulin well, later in the disease progression if other treatments are no longer effective.
If a person with type II diabetes is on insulin, diet was probably treatment number one and has probably already failed or isn’t effective enough.
Good point. Some people are born with diabetes. Diabetes-like symptoms can also appear due to Cancer treatment. I think a diet can reduce insulin intake, but I don't think it'll full on make it obsolete.
People also can develop T1 well after birth. It's often caused by a mis-targeted immune response killing insulin production, as happened with me at 27 and nearly killed me.