Don't know. Don't care. Why bother this news group with a question
like this? Google has 584,000 pages on the matter. OK, if it will help
you get lost, I'll do the work for you. Here:
"How Does Chinese Medicine View Diabetes?
In Chinese medicine, diabetes is referred to as xiao ke or wasting
thirst syndrome. The cause of wasting thirst syndrome is understood to
be a deficiency of yin, along with a heat pathogen affecting the
lungs, stomach, and kidneys. When yin is deficient, heat is produced.
When heat is present it "burns up" yin."
Well for a start to this perplexing problem, there is Type I and Type II
diabetes.
Then another clue is that the international symbol for diabetes is an empty
blue ring [empty circle]...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes
And... "In Taoist philosophy, yin and yang arise together from an initial
quiescence or emptiness, sometimes symbolized by an empty circle"...
(See "The nature of yin-yang" 1/4 way down page.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang
Bill, VFW is a big time troll. The answer is less important to him
than the social interaction he achieves from responses.
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> Well for a start to this perplexing problem, there is Type I and Type II
> diabetes.
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Type I is an actual disease (broken pancreas) whereas Type II is a lifestyle
problem (too much sugar, not enough exercise).
And the Veterans administration has recognized that exposure to Dioxins
can be a factor in causing Type 2.
Agent Orange