# World diabetes day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892 "2022-11-14T13:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/1 "2022-11-14T13:28:19Z")
I do not have diabetes, just to be clear. But I live a few blocks from Frederick Banting’s house, with it’s eternal flame out front. So, of course, the local news covered this day. And when they did, they mentioned that researchers in British Columbia and Toronto have made some significant breakthroughs of late. Including repurposing a drug they know is side effect free as it’s sometimes used to treat Crohn’s disease. (Our city celebrates the discovery of insulin every year!) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/2 "2022-11-14T15:11:54Z")
Yay ! Is there cake ? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/3 "2022-11-14T16:08:39Z")
Cool. Which drug? Relevant to this topic, I asked this question last night (and would welcome your replies): > [@Experiences with Ozempic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-ozempic/974875): > > Ozempic is a diabetes medication injected once a week. I’m in my first week since metformin is no longer performing well. What are your experiences with Ozempic, or those of your family member? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/4 "2022-11-14T16:27:27Z")
Eat your oatmeal.😉 I couldn’t find the ad where Wilford says Di-bead-us. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pCYql-JwVso/hqdefault.jpg "1992 - Quaker Oats - Good News (with Wilford Brimley) Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCYql-JwVso) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/5 "2022-11-14T16:30:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Eat your oatmeal.😉 I was the market researcher on Quaker Oatmeal in the '90s, when we got clearance from the FDA to start communicating its cholesterol-lowering properties. As a complex fiber, it’s also a pretty good food for diabetics, particularly if you eat the original (not the instant) varieties. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/6 "2022-11-14T16:31:10Z")
We have steel-cut oatmeal (slow oatmeal) about 1-2 times a week. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/7 "2022-11-14T16:32:14Z")
Wilford was diagnosed in 1979. He lived with diabetes for 40 years. Source. Wikipedia bio I eat oatneal a couple times a week. Always liked it. I’ve cut back on sugar. Hoping it will keep me safe. My family doesn’t have a history of diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/8 "2022-11-14T16:35:17Z")
Here’s a longer ad from Liberty Medical, the diabetes supply company for which Brimley did ads for years, in which he says “diabeetus” quite a few times. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kyxBDARsGEw/hqdefault.jpg "Liberty Medical: Wilford Brimley on his Experience with Diabetes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxBDARsGEw) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/9 "2022-11-14T16:37:49Z")
Apparently that is a.alternate pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/10 "2022-11-14T22:50:56Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Cool. Which drug? Same question here. I found [reference of the opposite](https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/news/2021/11/drug-for-diabetes-effective-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease.html), where a drug used for diabetes was found to help with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease, of which Crohn’s is one kind), but not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/11 "2022-11-14T23:56:56Z")
Sorry, it’s been a crazy day. I don’t know the name of the drug, unfortunately, it was on last night’s news broadcast, but I don’t remember. Sorry to disappoint. However, I noticed on the news tonight, from the celebration/fundraiser, there IS cake! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/12 "2022-11-15T14:03:31Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > However, I noticed on the news tonight, from the celebration/fundraiser, there IS cake! Serving cake at a diabetes fundraiser is like handing out liquor minis at an AA meeting or having a pack of smokes included in a box of nicotine patches. Color me baffled. Or whooshed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/13 "2022-11-15T14:35:21Z")
No whoosh, everybody at the celebration/fundraiser wasn’t a diabetic, some are spouses, or corporate types invited for their deep pockets. (My guess is they also provided diabetic friendly snacks and beverages as well.) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/14 "2022-11-15T14:39:02Z")
Moderation in all things. Diabetics can eat cake if we compensate for it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/15 "2022-11-15T15:49:09Z")
I’m DM-2 and have been for a decade now. I eat zero sugar and negligible simple / white carbs. It’s unarguably a hard-over diet, but it keeps my body fat low and my A1C at 5.4 on very little medication. The way _I_ compensate for cake is by not eating it. Your way may well be different. I just hope it’s equally successful. The co-morbidities of DM are a bitch I hope to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/16 "2022-11-15T16:02:31Z")
Yes, I did the same for decades, but medically-supervised diet and exercise with nominal medication ceased to be effective enough. I eat a stringent diet. That said, I can also manage the occasional sweet without glucose level disruption, as can the people I know with DM 1 and 2 who are attentive. That said, I assume there were other desserts, such as fruit or cheese, on offer, since that’s been my experience at diabetes-related events. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-diabetes-day/974892/17 "2022-11-15T16:36:16Z")
Congrats on your long success. At best we can wrestle that particular bear to a draw for a while. You’ve held your own a very long time. My hat’s off to you for a job well done.