| I am not sure what your diabetes nurse has been reading, however the last time I checked, alcohol is an aggrevating factor, but not a cause, of diabetes.
In type 1 diabetes, the body has little or no insulin because the immune system — which normally fights harmful bacteria or viruses — has attacked and destroyed the insulin-producing cells (the beta cells) in the pancreas. That's it, plain and simple. Alcohol effects how the carbs are released from the liver. Alcohol cannot cause your body to mistake your pancreas for a virus or bacteria.
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Treatment Plan: Pumping with the Animas Ping as of 07/2009
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