Halle Berry keeps getting her (increasingly swollen) foot in her
mouth. First was unfortunate Jewish nose joke from last month,
and now she's claiming that she cured her own Type 1 diabetes.
Prego Berry said, "I've managed to wean myself off insulin, so
now I'd like to put myself in the Type 2 category." This is
technically impossible, as type-1 diabetes means the pancreas
stops producing insulin permanently. According to doctors
interviewed by ABC News, "If Berry was truly a Type 1 diabetic,
it would be suicide to simply stop taking insulin. They surmised
that the 41-year-old actress was either mistaken, misinformed or
misdiagnosed, and probably always had Type 2, which tends to
affect people later in life and can in some cases be overcome
with a change in diet." Women who have Type 1 diabetes need to
be especially vigilant about monitoring their insulin levels
while pregnant, doctors say, or else they risk becoming fatally
ill. [ABC News ]