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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.

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.

If you don't think Paula Deen ate her way into obesity then I suggest you re-watch her shows. I call your particular attention to her signature dish: beefburger with bacon in a donut instead of a bun. Also, battered deep fried butter. Admittedly, her zero exercise and pack-a-day smoking might not have been a huge help either, but she wasn't advocating those two so I will let it slide(r).

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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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Omg OP!!!!!!!

I just laugh my ass off whenever I hear of a chubby 45+ y.o. woman gets a diagnosis of non-BCRA breast cancer. hahahahahahahhah !!!

Being overweight or obese is a top risk factor for that class of breast cancer, since fat cells fuel excess estrogen.

Then if the (once)-overweight woman dies, like say Elizabeth Edwards, I find it all the more hilarious!!!

And then I come onto anonymous message boards to tell the world that the chubby women with breast cancer got what's coming to them, uh-huh!! Serves them right, you got that right! Those cancer-lovers shoulda laid off the muffins.

See how shitty that sounds? WTF is wrong with you, clucking like that OP?

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Anthony Bourdain put it best:
“Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.”

I was just going to post this. You beat me by 8 minutes. He nails it, as usual. ["Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter group, the vegans . . . ]

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Anonymous wrote:If Paula Deen had let it be known that she has diabetes 3 years ago, I'm sure that fact would have discouraged a number of people from replicating her cooking.

This is the main point for me. She is pushing a lifestyle that is bad for your health and she has been lying about it.

OK, I grant you that she is promoting a less than healthy lifestyle. But come on, that is like blaming McDonalds for being fat. People do have a choice. You can hardly blame PD for people who are unwilling to make educated choices about their diets.

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Anonymous wrote:If Paula Deen had let it be known that she has diabetes 3 years ago, I'm sure that fact would have discouraged a number of people from replicating her cooking.

I'm interested to see if this impacts her popularity - it sounds like a lot of folks feel betrayed, especially as it took her 3 years to disclose this and that she's seems to be coming out with this now only because of her drug deal.

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Anonymous wrote:If Paula Deen had let it be known that she has diabetes 3 years ago, I'm sure that fact would have discouraged a number of people from replicating her cooking.

This is the main point for me. She is pushing a lifestyle that is bad for your health and she has been lying about it.

Anonymous wrote:If Paula Deen had let it be known that she has diabetes 3 years ago, I'm sure that fact would have discouraged a number of people from replicating her cooking.

Anonymous wrote:lots of anti white racists posting here