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rampartd

(3,725 posts) Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:31 AM 10 hrs ago

diabetes caused by parasite?

i've been getting these "cure diabetes by killing parasites " shorts on u tube. i'm curious, pf course, and when dr oz pops up shilling this i wanted to know more.

1. they never name the parasite.
2. after listening to these "experts" talk for minutes promising to tell the secret cinnamon recipe, but never really saying anything, i "did my own research.

here is an article in AAP, an Australian news site that explains the situation

https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/diabetes-parasite-theory-goes-down-the-misinformation-wormhole/

But Merlin Thomas3, a diabetes expert at Monash University, said type 2 diabetes is not caused by a parasite.

"The notion that type 2 diabetes is caused by a 'corrosive parasite that blocks the pancreas and prevents insulin production' does not pass the fact check on any level," Professor Thomas said.

i use cinnamon, and it does help a little with the glucose level, i think as a substitute for other sweeteners, but this "parasite" might be more dr oz bullshit.

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diabetes caused by parasite? (Original Post) rampartd 10 hrs ago OP

It is making the rounds KT2000 8 hrs ago #1

Those "parasite" Youtube videos are replacing the ones with "The Pink Salt Trick". . . Collimator 5 hrs ago #2

i also get some weird things about salt and erectile disfunction rampartd 5 hrs ago #3

It doesn't pass the smell test. TexLaProgressive 4 hrs ago #4

Cinnamon can help. bamagal62 3 hrs ago #5

KT2000

(21,931 posts)

1. It is making the rounds

Reply to rampartd (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 03:27 AM

8 hrs ago

and was repeated by a QAnon neighbor to another neighbor who has diabetes.

Collimator

(2,078 posts)

2. Those "parasite" Youtube videos are replacing the ones with "The Pink Salt Trick". . .

Reply to rampartd (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 06:15 AM

5 hrs ago

. . . That "you don't want to use" if "you don't want to donate your entire wardrobe" in less than three weeks' time.

If only rolling one's eyes counted as a calorie burning exercise, all those "weird little tricks" to lose weight would actually work.

rampartd

(3,725 posts)

3. i also get some weird things about salt and erectile disfunction

Reply to Collimator (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 06:21 AM

5 hrs ago

i expect that rfk/oz are ushering in the golden age of miracle cures.

TexLaProgressive

(12,664 posts)

4. It doesn't pass the smell test.

Reply to rampartd (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 07:26 AM

4 hrs ago

The notion that type 2 diabetes is caused by a 'corrosive parasite that blocks the pancreas and prevents insulin production' does not pass the fact check on any level," Professor Thomas said.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the result of skeletal, liver and fat cells resisting the attachment of insulin, not reduced insulin secretion. That is Type 1 autoimmune diabetes mellitus. In the early stages of T2DM insulin levels are higher than normal.

It gets worse, 'corrosive parasite that blocks the pancreas.The endocrine functions of the pancreas are in clumps of 5 hormone secreting cell types that secrete 6 glucose regulatory hormones directly into the blood supplly. The islets of Laangerhans make up about 2% of pancreatic mass. The rest is producing and routing digestive enzymes to the duodenum. A blockage of these ducts results in painful acute pancreatitis.

Acute edematous pancreatitis is a medical emergency characterized by a sudden pancreas inflammation. It can be caused by various factors, primarily gallstones, alcohol consumption, or medication. Acute edematous pancreatitis caused by Fasciola hepatica* infection is exceptionally rare and could be overlooked.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043323003795

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Fasciola hepatica is defined as a cattle fluke that can occasionally infect the human liver and biliary tract, with adult worms typically found in the gallbladder and biliary ducts as flat structures measuring 20–30 mm long.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/fasciola-hepatica

bamagal62

(4,342 posts)

5. Cinnamon can help.

Reply to rampartd (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 08:30 AM

3 hrs ago

Maybe they are throwing Cinnamon in there so it will work and they’ll believe their crap. I think you have to be careful which type of cinnamon and how much as it can be damaging to your liver if you eat too much.

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