Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes

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5. Diabetes is distorting medical practice/funding

For the last few years when I have gone to my medical clinic trying to get medical records restored for a rare genetic disorder, I have had trouble breaking through the initial presumption that EVERYONE with chronic problems must have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and constantly needs to be re-tested for diabetes in case the test denied the doctor's false assumptions about patient lifestyles the first time. Diabetes has also been a large part of the shift to the Preventative Care model, which sounds great until you realize all those expensively-educated doctors are spending all their time giving speeches about diet and exercise and preaching about the evils of fructose instead of diagnosing other problems.

I almost feel that diabetes needs to spin off its own specialty and free up the rest of the doctors from all their rigamarole. A LOT of patients have diabetes - perhaps they need a segment of the medical community dedicated just to them...?