19. "If We Had Been Giving Our Daughter Vitamin D, Would She Still Have Developed Diabetes"

m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/if-we-had-been-giving-our-daughter-vitamin-d-would-she-still-have-developed-diabetes/266010/

In Katie Bacon's article, "If We Had Been Giving Our Daughter Vitamin D, Would She Still Have Developed Diabetes," she reveals the possibility of preventing Type 1 Diabete by taking vitamin D supplement. Bacon starts her article with a personal story of her daughter diagnosed with T1D. She and her husband would discuss about how they could prevent their daughter from getting this disease. Bacon reveals that there are studies which suggested that vitamin D is helpful for children's who have genetic susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. She shows that since her dad died from melanoma she tried to prevent her daughters from getting, so she put sunscreen on them everyday. However, it had the opposite effect, her daughter got T1D. She ends her article by stating that she will give vitamin D supplements to both of her daughters: to prevent T1D and to help T1D.

Throughout Bacon's essay she expresses a lot of emotions and some studies. This reveals that her audience was wavering, since she used pathos and logos to support her article. Her purpose was to warn parents about children who could have the possibility of having a disease concerning their immune system. Bacon shows that vitamin D is helpful and that she is using it on her own daughter, making the information more credible. Her audience is parents who wishes their children the best and wishes that they are healthy. Bacon wishes to warn all parents so that children may be prevented from having immune system diseases.