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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sugar doesn't cause diabetes.  Excess weight does.  You can eat all the sugar/carbs you want, so long as you use it for energy (burn it off) and it doesn't get stored as fat.  If you are gaining weight, you are not burning off what you eating and are eating too much.  That puts you at highest risk for health problems.

Meat IS a huge contributor to cancer.  Especially red meat. Red meat, charred meats, smoked meats, processed meats have all been linked to several GI cancers.

To optimize health the most important things are:

1) Don't overeat and keep your weight in heathy/normal range
2) Eat a lot of vegetables and fruit
3) Eat whole grains
4) Eat beans and legumes and nuts
5) Eat fish twice per week 
6) limit alcohol 
7) limit processed foods, store bought garbage 
8) limit red meat

But yes, there is a huge role genetics play into whether you will develop cancer regardless of diet and lifestyle.  You can only do so much 
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My skinny south Asian in-laws, like many skinny Asians, have type 2 diabetes after a lifetime of eating exactly what you suggest (especially fish, no alcohol at all). [/quote]

The older people in my family with Type II diabetes aren't overweight at all. They did eat lots of crap though. And don't exercise. 
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