oohh I'm glad to see I agree with just about everything mentioned here!
However I don't see how anyone can think that a lot of information is geared towards type 1 and ignores T2. I see the opposite EVERYWHERE!
I have nothing to do with either the ADA nor JDRF - Im in the wrong country
But I haven't liked what I've seen of them at all. Lots of money-sucking, lots of scare tactics, lots of OLD information, and unbalanced views.
Petruchio is 100% correct about that wonderful site being the best place to learn about Diabetes!!
I avoid our own diabetes groups here in NZ because it's all about losing weight, eating lots of carbs(
!!), Raising money (what for? Spreading more mis-information?) and selling medications. Pfffft.
BTW about the weight/type 2 issue - I personally think that it's T2 that CAUSES the weight for years or even decades before it becomes diabetes. Insulin is a fat storing hormone after all, and even causes hunger. I do think that living that couch potato lifestyle and eating the high carb diet would make T2 diabetes come on earlier, but I just don't think it's as cut and dried as they make it out to be.
