Diabetics (both type 1 and 2) regularly blame their disease on their pancreases not functioning properly.  That is true for type 1’s, but that’s not the whole story.

Yes our pancreas is responsible fro the production of insulin, but that’s only about 5% of what your pancreas does.  The other 95% are involved in:

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