I Sent My Body Into Meltdown to Be Slim ; (1) Good Health(2) Thousands of Young Diabetics Are Risking Death by Skipping Insulin Jabs to Lose Weight. Here, One Reveals the Horrif Ic Price She has Paid
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WHEN Caroline McGovern was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 12, she was appalled by the restrictive diet that the condition forced upon her.
But Caroline, now 27, soon realised that by not taking the insulin shots vital for stabilising her blood sugar levels, she could actually lose weight while eating exactly what she wanted. While the drastic measures she took gave her the body she desired, the horrifying legacy of her behaviour only fully dawned upon her last year, when she was told that she needed a double pancreatic and kidney transplant.See the full content of this document
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I Sent My Body Into Meltdown to Be Slim ; (1) Good Health(2) Thousands of Young Diabetics Are Risking Death by Skipping Insulin Jabs to Lose Weight. Here, One Reveals the Horrif Ic Price She has Paid
A third of young female diabetics are skipping vital insulin jabs, it was revealed last week, in an attempt to lose weight.
'Diabulimia' can result in devastating longterm side-effects, and it has sparked a new debate about the serious psychological effects of diabetes for teenage girls.Weight gain is a common side-effect of taking insulin shots to control Type 1 diabetes. But in neglecting to ...See the full content of this document
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