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Why are there so many people that think Type II diabetes is NOT related to diet? Sure there is a genetic risk component, but 100% of type II diabetes has to do with weight and eating sugar (not fat) which causes insulin resistance. The cure for type II diabetes is diet and exercise. The problem is that it takes 20+ years of very poor eating habits to develop the disease and at that point diet & exercise isn't easy. Hence insulin shots.[/quote]

Type 2 diabetes is absolutely related to diet, but the genetic predisposition is stronger in some people than in others and it does not always include obesity or overweight. My father was diagnosed type 2 in his mid-30s and had never been overweight a day in his life -- in fact he was quite slender, even skinny, as a teenager and 20something, and the weight he gained in his 30s was a manifestation of the disease taking hold, not the other way around. I am now in my mid-30s and fortunately I have not developed the disease, but I have had gestational diabetes in each pregnancy despite not being overweight or gaining too much weight during pregnancy.

My point being, yes, a lot of people develop diabetes over time and related to weight and caused by diet interacting with genetic predisposition, but not everyone who is type 2 is overweight or even has a terrible diet. If you have a strong predisposition to become diabetic, you would have to eat not just a reasonably healthy diet, but a very low-carb diet, to prevent it, and in this culture that is very difficult to do (believe me, I know). I just don't like the tone on this thread that everyone with type 2 diabetes "ate their way" into a disease that they could have prevented. It's not that simple. [/quote]

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