How many of you have diabetes, or have an immediate family member with diabetes?

I tend to think it is both, but I also think it has a lot to do with some people being far more food sensitive & their bodies are unable to tolerate the basic foods that are "believed" to be good to have a healthy body & mind. Processed foods overload a persons system. If people would go back to eating fresh fruits & vegetables & stop eating processed packages foods, I think the diabetes problem would lessen. I have held mine "at bay" for years by completely changing my eating habits & turning my back on the fast foods that most people consume without question of content of the food. So far, so good. It isn't an easy juggling act & I must east (nibble) every 2-3 hours).

I think the rise in diabetes is due to the ingredients that the food manufacturers are putting into their products. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP is a major trouble maker for the human body. Mixed with excessive fats & low fiber products that are high in Sodium & that's a recipe for the body to slow itself to a grinding halt trying to break down those foods for elimination. It's no wonder that everyone is having a colonoscopy to see what all that "crap" has done to their insides as it sits there for days on end.

All people need to do is get back to the basics of the foods they put into their bodies & stop buying all these processed packaged foods...especailly if diabetes runs in your family bloodlines. And for goodness sakes, stay AWAY from the artificial substitudes that mimic the taste of the culprit products, like sugar & salt...both are triggers for fooling the brain through the tongue.

I do believe that genetics AND individual practices can lead to diabetes even tho genetics seems to have played the bigger role in my situation.

I also feel that we have better testing today and more MDs checking for symptoms. 30 years ago, you had to take a 4 or 8 hour glucose tolerance test. Unless there was compelling reason, no one took this test. Today, the A1c is so easy and (relatively) inexpensive that it is more common, especially with age, for a doctor to include it in regular testing.

My mother and all her siblings were diagnosed in their 50s with Type 2. One half were actually pre-diabetic and diet-controlled. The other half required medication.

I have 2 siblings. I have Type 2 (under control) diagnosed in my late 50s. The other 2 (one older, one younger) are tested regularly and show no signs. If diet were the only criterion, my older sib would be using a pump today.

My diet was always better than that of my sibs, yet I'm the one who has diabetes. That speaks volumes for the genetic disposition. Instead of saying that I'm a typical, over-eating American, it is more accurate to say that my insulin system is not operating at proper capacity.

I have Diabetes 2. It's a mean disease to have, with so many complications.

I always made it a point to prepare well balanced, nutritional meals for my family.

My Grandfather had it, but died from a heart attack.

I have told my kids to watch their diets and I have given them a copy of my exchange diet.

If it really is hereditary, then I want them to watch what they eat.

It's so hard to believe the medical profession , pharmaceutical Industry and news media.

Everything is about money, so we have to do our best and follow the doctors orders and take all the pills and hope some day they find a cure.

DeeJay.

I have had diabetes since '93. And my father, and his mother,

were both diagnosed later in life. I believe if we are pre dis-

posed to inheriting the disease, we will. Especially if we have

been lax in eating too many carbs and have gained weight

and carry that risk maker around with us, being fat. I think it

is both genetic and careless of someone predisposed. I now

have a son who is hypoglycemic. Which is a fore runner of

the disease. As I also had the same condition for several

years, prior to my being diagnosed as diabetic. Like every-

one, I didn't think it could happen to me. Being young, I sup-

pose I thought I was more invincible, and it would never get

me. Now I cope with symptoms of many of the traits assoc-

iated with it, and my body is breaking down at a faster rate

than I want to accept. There's no going back to how things

were prior to my diagnosis, but I can help my condition by

adhering more to the diet restrictions, and not allow temp-

tations to get the better of me. Being human, that's not the

easiest thing to do.

Both my paternal and maternal grandfathers were diabetic as was my dad. I am as well. Brother may be but he wouldn't tell me if he was. My sister in law had gestational diabetes, so my nephew has a pretty good chance of developing it.

My former gp called diabetes especially type 2 the scourge of the baby boomers, the children and grandchildren.

My partner has type II and when first diagonised was very upset. She called her mother and asked if anyone in the family had it and to her total shock her father did. There was nothing ever said. She has hers under very good control and has lost some weight, the doctor said to drop 10 more lbs and he should be able to drop one of her medications for it.

If you have anyone in the family with either type 1 or 2, you should have yourself on a very healthey diet, and ask your doctor in your annnual phsyical to do an A1C, just to make sure. 90% of the time a person has no idea about having it untill trouble starts. A friend started on a diet with some others at work, third day he was in the hospital and almost didn't make it. He had no idea he had it and no one in his family did or so they all thought, when his doctor suggested the whole family be tested out of 28 people 17 either had type 2 or was right on the boarder, including three of the children. Man did they do some big changes.

My partners doctor said it's both factors and said it's so hard for most people to switch to the better diet, but he said you don't have to go totally with out once you have it under control and are taking your meds and eating right, keeping a record of your blood sugar every time your suppose to. My partner loves ice cream, so now we buy the kind with less sugar and if she wants some has it up in the early afternoon so she can burn it off as she is working around the house or puttering out in the yard. She also plans her diet for a day ahead so she can have pasta for a meal and not throw the blood sugar through the roof. It is a bad condition but with work it can be controlled and many times prevented all together if your start doing what you know is healthy eating. Decrease the amount of sugars and starches, cut back hard on salt intake. We do not add salt in the cooking and that allows each person to add what is right for them. We also do not use garlic "salt", but use garlic "powder", the same with other seasionings. I could not find a meat seasoning with out salt or sugars so I made my own. Now the family wants jars for themselves. We do not use sugar subititues, use real sugar but use half or less when you can. I can't stand coffee with out sugar. I now only put one level teaspoon in it, it's was two heaping before. My partner uses a non dairy creamer, it has sugar so she cut back on toast at breakfast one slice, not two, one cup of coffee not two or three. You get the idea, and it would not be a bad idea to ask your doctor to test you and the rest of the family. Maybe someone is on the boarder and can control it with diet, but they can't know until they are tested. Lots of luck and may you stay healthy.

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I was recently diagnosed, but it is managable with diet. Both parents and brother acquired it in their 60's. I am sure a lot of it is due to being overweight, but we have also had some very trim people in older generations of our family who also had it, including a grandfather who became blind and a great-grandfather who lost both legs due to diabetes. It is not something to take lightly, even the Diabetes II kind .

I have been a diabetic type II for twenty-two years. Neither of my parents were but Dad's mother and Mom's dad were also diabetic. I believe it is both genetic and diet related. If you have it in your genetic pool you might fight it off until late in life but sooner or later you will be diabetic also. That is just my idea.

We have alot od Diabetes in the Family. One Niece since age 3 wears an Insulin pump and is 38 now and about to Marry. Brothers and Sisters, Grand parents. Awful Disease. My Love has it and we control it with food and exercise. Hope they find a cure!!!