Beloved Milwaukee institution.

> Noting down the exact type adds complexity to be honest.

Strongly disagree. Metabolic-syndrome diabetes is so different from autoimmune diabetes that it should really have a different name.

So like dating?

Conspicuously near the Great Lakes (NA)

Everyone’s got a basket of things they can love or hate about this place when they’re in the mood to love or to hate. That’s something to love, I think.

Immediately thought of Monty Burns when I read the title.

It’s not unreasonable. I like Messi as a better suggestion though.

Bananas are amazingly cheap. At least here in the US Midwest. Even the organic ones. They’re my reference for “cheap food”.

It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?

There is always money in the banana stand.

Bet bananas break $10 in my lifetime.

Agree, I am always blown away when I ring up a big cluster of bananas and it's like $2!

In places like in the south of India they’re almost always free. The banana trees grow like weeds and in many cases self propagate and come back on their own every year.

I've lived all my life in South India and I've never seen free bananas. The Robusta Cavendish bananas are inexpensive and ubiquitous though.

Depends on if you own any land and most people in rural areas do.

Are they all the same variety? Or are they hybrid?

They are much smaller, about half the size of the Chiquita ones and slightly less sweet and harder. They are called Elaichi bananas.

Wondered this too. Diabetics are at risk for hypoglycemia because of the insulin they take, not the diabetes itself. Maybe metformin for a prediabetic could have this effect?

Nah, even as a full blown diabetic metformin doesn’t drive you low. It basically just makes the same amount of (naturally produced) insulin do more, essentially.

even as a full blown type 2 diabetic*

It is surely news to some.