Diabetes speedrun
Anon indulges
Submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 month ago
jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
This made me think of something that happened to a good friend of mine. He’s in his 50s and is one of the most healthy people I know in terms of diet and exercise.
He went to the doctor the other for a checkup. His doctor made an off the cuff remark about his cholesterol levels being normal, which was fine for a regular person by maybe a little concerning for a person with diabetes.
My friend was like “what do you mean for a person with diabetes?” and the doc responded “You didn’t know you had diabetes?”
They went through my friend’s diet to see what could be the cause. The conversation went like this:
Doc: Do you drink sugary drinks like soda?
Friend: Never.
Doc: What do you eat in a typical day?
Friend: Mostly rice and spinach. And beans too. Honestly I many days I forget to eat.
Doc: This doesn’t really check out. Are you sure there’s nothing else you’re eating or drinking?
Friend: Oh… I also usually drink about a gallon of orange juice a day.
So yeah … that’s the story of how my supposedly healthy friend gave himself diabetes by drinking a metric fuckton of OJ.
kiagam@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“somedays I don’t even eat”
Mf getting all their calories from OJ
theblips@lemm.ee 1 month ago
How were people brainwashed into thinking OJ was “healthy”? It’s the closest equivalent to natural candy I can think of. Tons of sugar offset by juicy acidity
Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
So yeah … that’s the story of how my supposedly healthy friend gave himself diabetes by drinking a metric fuckton of OJ.
Worth noting that drinking all that OJ also essentially means his blood sugar could not be properly measured by some of the testing methods used, because high levels of vitamin C interfere. I wear a CGM and it warns me every time I put on a new sensor not to consume more than 500mg of vitamin C per day if I want it to work, which is much less than a gallon of OJ. Same applies to most common glucometers. Unless they checked his blood sugar using a lab test that didn’t involve a redox reaction, it’s good odds that his blood sugar was not actually whatever it tested as. They likely had to make him swear off the OJ for a day or so and then rerun it to get a real number.
For reference, type I, was at 421 when diagnosed back in the 90s, blood sugar has never been higher than that though I did have one serious hypoglycemic incident where it managed to get low enough that it wasn’t measurable, after they started a glucose IV I came to when it got up to about 35. Closest I’ve ever been to dying.
I have about 2 hours of lost time from that incident, during which I drove a total of about 20 miles between at least two trips. No coherent memory of that period, just a few flashes - I remember the steering wheel in my hands and the pressure of the pedal against my foot, I remember the Sheriff’s Department logo sideways, I remember someone in medium blue, like a work uniform or maybe scrubs or something similar said something to me and I said something back (I don’t remember what either of us said) and then it was two hours after my last coherent memories and I’m in the back of an ambulance with a glucose IV in one arm, an EMT on that side pricking my finger to check my blood sugar and it coming up 35, and EMT on the other side squeezing a tube of glucose paste into my mouth that tasted like a tin can in all the worst ways. The EMT noticed me looking at him and started asking general awareness questions, seemed a bit worried that my answer to where I was was “in the back of a parked ambulance, but I’m not sure where the ambulance is.” Car was totaled, thankfully no one was hurt. I think whatever part of me was still capable of decision making was trying to get help, since I wrecked very close to a hospital ER that would require me to drive out of my usual way to get to.
turtlesareneat@discuss.online 1 month ago
I was absolutely like this, juice addicted, then I transitioned into full blown alcoholism, and on the way back out I had to acknowledge serious hypoglycemia and my body had to dry itself out and get used to more stable blood sugar.
Honestly tho I have not ever been able to control my addiction to sugar since, except during keto (boo) and on semiglutide, and suddenly it’s manageable.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 month ago
Oh. Will I get diabetes from Lipton peach ice tea?
Franklin@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
this means finally found a hyperglycemic shock
Kaelygon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Anon, ☝️Presenting to the Emergency Room
TheTurner@lemm.ee 1 month ago
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You are now addicted to snickers, if you stop eating them cold turkey you will die
Perish@lemm.ee 1 month ago
“This… is Anon.” A 30-year-old man who ate 48 Snickers bars in one sitting.
He thought he was just indulging in a treat from Costco. But within hours, his hands began to tremble, his fingers and toes throbbed in pain, and a chill took over his body. He didn’t know it yet… but his pancreas was working overtime, and his blood sugar levels were spiraling out of control.
What happened next would leave doctors stunned—and teach us a shocking truth about what happens when you overdose on candy bars.
This is what happens if you eat an entire display case of Snickers.
-Chubbyemu (probably)
xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
it would take more than one display case…
aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s what happened when I eat Chinese food. Only Chinese food. It’s weird.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 month ago
It’s because they typically put a lot of sugar in it when cooking for westerns. Lots of sugar, carbs, and oil equals sugar crash and gout
musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Sounds like you’re eating westernized chinese food. Get some authentic Chinese cuisine. Pick a region and go nuts, my personal favorite is Southwestern Chinese food.
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I once violently hit a shroom vape from some bumfuck smoke shop and it did that to me. I saw, after the high set in, that the box said “Do not intended for human consumption”
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
hashtag satisfied
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Anon so hungry they’re not even being me
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Been shopping at Metro recently, stumbled over a sign for Snickers with a >€100 price tag. It was a seriously big box with 10kg.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’d be 4 of those OP’s boxes, 192 bars, €0.52 each, good deal as far as I’m concerned.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sorry Anon but you have theobromine poisoning. Seizures are imminent and you’ll be lucky to slip into a coma before the arrhythmia starts and your heart stops permanently.
don@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Fake: no way you’re getting through that many snickers in one sitting without vomiting your guts up.
Gay: anon is gay, everyone knows this.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me 1 month ago
Probably upside down to feel the vein.
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Anon was there for the cock vein
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I will never look at a snickers or mars bar the same way again.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Can we please stop this anti-gay sentiment?
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Someone doesn’t understand fake and gay
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
These references are a celebration of diversity, read the room
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Also, that photo clearly has a “candy warehouse” watermark. If the story was true, that would be a costco watermark.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
For the record, I thought you were hilarious.