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by Someone 3405 days ago
1) People with diabetics may not surely die when they fast for 3 days, but it isn't something they can discard as a freak event, either.

2) For diabetics, blood sugar is an issue.

3) Many diabetics do quite well understand how diabetics _died_ 100 years ago, let alone 10,000 years ago ('young'. http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/diabetes-history/: "In 1897, the average life expectancy for a 10-year-old child with diabetes is about 1 year. Diagnosis at age 30 carries a life expectancy of about 4 years. A newly diagnosed 50-year-old might live 8 more years.")