On October 13, 2006 (yes, it was a Friday the 13th), I was diagnosed with diabetes after several weeks of heartburn and a few really bad faint-y days. And it's been well-controlled for over two years now.
Yeah... the increase in sedentary lifestyle PLUS the completely bullshit "food pyramid" from the eighties which people STILL follow (trained to do so, haven't learned better, the freaking restaurants ALL serve meals that follow it... ) and the increased amounts of high-fructose corn syrup embedded in Every. Dam. Food. have been identified as "correlated" with increased rates of type 2 diabetes ... with a somewhat stronger correlation than that tying cigarettes to lung and throat cancers and emphysema.
As expected, the response from industries and government agencies designated to protect those industries has been "deny, deny, deny."
But in the meantime. Cut down the HFCS in your diet to as close to 0 as you can get, eat at least the same volume of raw or lightly cooked vegetable as you eat of protein AND starch, and never let the volume of starch exceed the amount of protein, and never more than 60 grams of carb in a single meal (in general) should do 1/2 the job. The other half is at least walking 30 minutes a day. My own fight with this is 90% due to my inability to force myself to do the exercise part.
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Doesn't mean I'm not paranoid. It's a "Wow..we have similar life styles and are of a similar age" type thing.
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As expected, the response from industries and government agencies designated to protect those industries has been "deny, deny, deny."
But in the meantime. Cut down the HFCS in your diet to as close to 0 as you can get, eat at least the same volume of raw or lightly cooked vegetable as you eat of protein AND starch, and never let the volume of starch exceed the amount of protein, and never more than 60 grams of carb in a single meal (in general) should do 1/2 the job. The other half is at least walking 30 minutes a day. My own fight with this is 90% due to my inability to force myself to do the exercise part.
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