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Berry enrages diabetes experts

Pregnant Halle Berry has angered diabetes experts after claiming she had succeeded in downgrading the severity of her disease with a healthy diet.

Pregnant Halle Berry has angered diabetes experts after claiming she had succeeded in downgrading the severity of her disease with a healthy diet.

The actress was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes early on in her Hollywood career, but alleged last month that she has reclassified herself as a Type 2 diabetic simply through good living.

A diabetes specialist said: "If you come off insulin, then you were always a Type 2. She is feeding into all the confusion in the world."

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