Berry slammed for diabetes claim

Halle Berry has been criticised by medics after claiming that she improved her diabetes through healthy living.

The actress - who is pregnant with her first child - was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes after passing out on the set of TV show Living Dolls early in her career.

She recently announced she had dropped to Type 2 thanks to her diet, saying: "I've managed to wean myself off insulin, so now I like to put myself in the Type 2 category."

However, a medical expert has accused her of "confusing" fellow diabetics with her comments, telling PerezHilton.com: "If you come off insulin, then you were always a Type 2. She is feeding into all the confusion in the world.

"People diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes cannot reverse their condition because their pancreas is destroyed, whereas Type 2 sufferers still internally produce some insulin."