While I will agree that diet can be a contributing factor in the
development of type 2 diabetes, I believe that there are more
tactful ways of advising people to watch their sugar intake than the
one you used. Many people who develop type 2 are obese, but that is
not the only factor, and scientists are still trying to pin down all
the reasons people get it. In my case, there was a genetic
predisposition for the development of type 2 - my father, my
grandmother, and one uncle developed diabetes later in life. I also
have chronic lung disease, which unfortunately required me to be on
corticosteroids for over thirty years. (I thank the developers of
Advair for finally making me prednisone-free!) While steroids
helped my breathing, they also weakened my bones, made me gain
weight, and raised my blood glucose levels. Being unable to breathe
made it difficult to be active, also adding to weight gain. High
blood pressure and high cholesterol are also contributors to the
development of type 2 - and both run in my family - again the
genetic predisposition.

Dessert was not on the dinner table every night when I was growing
up, nor was I given permission to chase the ice cream truck down the
street every day, so when people tried to accuse my mother of
"stuffing me with sugar" when I was a child, thus causing me to
develop diabetes, they were dead wrong.

Yes, the increased numbers of overweight children and adults, and
the sedentary lifestyle that usually accompanies it will cause more
and more people to develop this disease - it IS being called an
epidemic.

As far as overeating is concerned, that's a huge problem for many
people. If I order a pasta meal at a restaurant, I will also ask
for a takeout container, because my plate will generally have enough
for three full meals on it. Thanks to carbohydrate counting classes,
I can look at the meal and estimate how much I should eat. If my
blood glucose is good three hours after that meal, I know I did it
right! Unfortunately, most people will finish that plate, whether
they are a six foot tall man, or a five foot tall woman, or a ten
year old child!

Let's educate people, and not attack them. You'll get better
results that way. I met a young woman at a restaurant recently who
was totally lost as to how or what to eat. She had just been
diagnosed with pre-diabetes, but had been given no guidance. I
pulled out a card from the local branch of the Joslin Diabetes
Center and explained about all the classes available for her to
take, and the type of help she could expect from them.
Good health to you!!


"Joan F (MI)" > wrote in message
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> Over time a high carb diet contributes to diabetes.
>
> In m,
> June Geraci > stated
> | You don't GET diabetes from eating sugar.
> |
> | "Joan F (MI)" > wrote in message
> | ...
> || Nonsense, sugar is sugar, you just go ahead and keep stuffing
it
> || down and watch your feet fall off from diabetes.
> ||
> || In m,
> || Muddle > stated
> ||| It can be! Every year the local community near where I live
host a
> ||| bicycle race in August, called the "Hotter than Hell 100". My
guess
> ||| is that most of the participants would perish if they didn't
load up
> ||| on starches, sugar and fluids. Brown sugar metabolizes
differently
> ||| than white sugar and if your that concerned substitute honey,
nutri
> ||| sweet or whatever you prefer. http://www.hh100.org/
>
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