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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting -- [b]didn't realize diabetes was prevalent among Indians[/b]. I grew up in a home with boring, bland Indian food -- NOTHING was drowning in oil; veggies were cooked in like 1-2 spoons of oil, just with Indian spices so they didn't taste like American food, and daal was basically just boiled lentils w spices -- no oil at all.[/quote]

Type 2 diabetes is very common in Asians.  I'm a skinny Korean, and my Dr. told me she sees a lot of type 2 patients like me - skinny asians.  There's something in our genetic makeup that makes us prone to it, I think kind of like some diseases are more seen in Africans or Jews.

I don't know that it's all the white rice since a lot of western Europeans eat a lot of white bread and potatoes, and they don't seem to have this issue, meaning being skinny and have type 2.  They do have a lot of type 2 in obese people, but that can generally be controlled by losing weight.  My Dr looked at me and said, well there's not much weight that you can lose, so just eat less carbs and exercise more.  I think the "exercise more" is the key. We aren't moving as much as generations past.[/quote]

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