[ConservativeMind]

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, so it makes sense Vitamin D, in its forms, would blunt an overactive immune system’s behavior.

It really appears to be a cheap option to keep the beta cells alive in a healthy fashion.

[ConservativeMind]

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[struggle]

I just want to figure out how that long distance runner got his pancreas working again.

[Red Badger]

But if they stop people from getting Type 1 Diabetes how will the big drug companies make any money?....................

[Wuli]

I know there is some connection between skin tone and Vitamin D manufacture by the body, with lighter skinned folks known to have less frequent low vitamin D levels in their system than darker skinned persons, on average (vitamin D is made in humans by an interaction of the skin with sunlight).

And i thought type 1 diabetes was more prevalent among blacks than among whites.

And here is what I found. Whites are about 57.8% of the U.S. and have about 15.4% of diagnosed type 1 diabetes cases (57.8 / 15.4 gives you about 1 in every 3.7 whites) while blacks are about 12.1% of the population and have about 4.2% of diagnosed type 1 diabetes cases (12. / 4.2 gives you 1 in about every 2.8 blacks). Which is as I believed - a slight disadvantage in darker skins, and it may be tied to vitamin D.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf