10% of Americans have diabetes. Decided to check. Darn, it appears he was correct.
“National Diabetes Statistics Report | Diabetes | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-stat-report.html
Jan 07, 2022 · 34million Americans—just over 1 in 10—have diabetes. 88 million American adults—approximately 1 in 3—have prediabetes. New diabetes cases were higher among non-Hispanic”
Not on insulin.
Type 2 is a man made disease. It’s acquired. We should go after that illness like we do breast CA.
“Overall, based on self-reported type and current insulin use, 0.55% of U.S. adults had diagnosed type 1 diabetes, representing 1.3 million adults; 8.6% had diagnosed type 2 diabetes, representing 21.0 million adults.”
10% have diabetes, but a fraction of that have type I. Type I is due to autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic islet cells - the cells that make insulin. Type II is due to insulin resistance, with a large number due to obesity.