Possible Link Found Between Type 2 Diabetes and Titanium Dioxide

[Lisa Shock]

I found THIS bit of news at Science Daily. Turns out that the pancreas' of some people with type 2 diabetes, all of the tested samples, contained crystals of titanium dioxide, while samples of pancreas' from people who did not have type 2 diabetes did not have the crystals. This brings up the possibility that the disease might be a crystal induced inflammatory disease.

 

The sample size is small. More work needs to be done. I just thought I'd post this as a timely news article. I suspect that public awareness will spike for a while, and it could affect those of use producing/using certain foods. (white colored cocoa butter comes to mind, along with some powder colors for cake decorating)

[Duvel]

So I have to stop swallowing my tooth paste ??

[BeeZee]

Interesting...as my husband is type 2 diabetic despite not having any of the typical triggers (he developed it 3 years ago). Wonder if the blood work his doc orders can include this, or if it is a non-std screen.

[gfweb]

3 hours ago, BeeZee said:

Interesting...as my husband is type 2 diabetic despite not having any of the typical triggers (he developed it 3 years ago). Wonder if the blood work his doc orders can include this, or if it is a non-std screen.

This test isn't available unless his pancreas is removed. There's no blood test. 

 

This smells like bad science to me. 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Sweetbreads!

 

[Kerry Beal]

The old saw correlation does not imply causation comes to mind. 

[Lisa Shock]

All true, but there is a broader study in the works.

 

And in general, restaurants have caved in to rubbish research. Think about how many places advertise that their food is MSG free, despite there being no such thing as 'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.' I'm just saying, don't be surprised when customers start asking if your white sugar flowers or white bonbons have titanium dioxide in them.

[CentralMA]

On 6/29/2018 at 7:06 PM, BeeZee said:

Wonder if the blood work his doc orders can include this, or if it is a non-std screen.

 

 

If your husband is going in regularly for STD screening my feeling is that the titanium dioxide possibility is the least of your (and his) worries.

 

Sorry. Couldn't resist. 

[heidih]

Correlationstudiesn piss off scientists more than pus!

Edited July 10, 2018 by heidih (log)

[paulraphael]

On 7/10/2018 at 5:32 PM, heidih said:

Correlationstudiesn piss off scientists more than pus!

 

 

So you doubt that global warming is caused by declining numbers of pirates?

 

[Yiannos]

7 minutes ago, paulraphael said:

So you doubt that global warming is caused by declining numbers of pirates?

 

I KNEW IT!

[gfweb]

I use this graph a lot

 

[Anna N]

And I recall from statistics class:

 

 The unemployment rate in Switzerland has doubled. There are now two people out of work.

 

[Duvel]

Single correlations are easy - you need to add complexity to be credible:

 

More than 99.5% of all men, who regularly eat broccoli at restaurants and occasionally (1-3 / week) watch CNN news eventually die.

Edited July 14, 2018 by Duvel (log)