[Diana in Wisconsin]

Type II Diabetes runs rampant in my family. I’m the Last One Standing. Grandparents on both sides had it. Dad has it. Sister has it. Many cousins have it.

My answer is simple. I walk a lot. I do, ‘push-aways’ from the dinner table and I back off the booze and the Twinkies.

If it’s genetic, you do what needs to be done.

[Pining_4_TX]

True, but I hate to be the bearer of bad news, one can do all that and the disease will probably still progress. Our bodies break down with age, and for people with diabetes, the pancreas deterioriates faster than it does for others. Some people die at a ripe old age of cancer, some of heart disease, and some of diabetes. Nobody dies of nothing.

You might be interested in a blog by David Mendoza. He controls his type 2 with a low carb diet and exercise.

Again, though, diabetes is progressive in nature, and unless researchers come up with a genuine cure, as opposed to all the medications now that treat the symptoms and may or may not forestall the complications, that is probably what will get diabetics before something else does. :-(

[fatnotlazy]

When I was diagnosed with Type 2, every medical professional asked whether there was anyone else in my family who had diabetes and my response was always “not as far as I know.” My parents were carb junkies who both had a history of heart disease, but while Mom and her side of the family had high blood pressure and cholesterol, my father and his family didn't. I don't think Dad was ever tested for diabetes, possibly because doctors at that time didn't consider diabetes as a possible factor in his heart disease. Dad also wasn't overweight or showed any signs of the disease.