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Is diabetes genetic, how to prevent from it?
How can I prevent from diabetes?
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i agree with the other poster. yes changing your diet will definitely help, there is some genetic chance you could get it but if you wernt born with it then you develop it in old age, thats something you can manage and even possibly beat.
Before my mother died a few years ago of breast cancer she got diabetes and she was such an organized person that she managed to BEAT it! ; )
it is possible to manage it so well that you damn near beat it like she did, you just have to have self control, try to plan your meals ahead of time so that you know whats in whatever your trying to eat and try to watch your weight. alot of times weight can be a precursor to it.
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Yes diabetes can be genetic however od all the people who have diabetes, the majority is due to their diet. I know of a pre teen girl of a church family where the parents didn't have diabetes but they discovered she had it after she went into a diabetic shock and ended up in emergency and ICU for a while. However, of all the people I know in life, a small percentage again got diabetes as they entered old age, not necessarily due to diet but that its more common to get diabetes with the onset of senior years. I still remember when the grandma type neighbor across the street told me she had just discovered she had diabetes when she never had it until in her 60s.
The majority have pre diabetes or have the full disease. Their diet is always the culprit. American take in way too much sugar, salt and fat in their diet. Those 3 things make everything taste better and each contributes their own problems like salt connected to high blood pressure, certain fats to high cholesterol and sugar to diabetes. So if its not hereditary, to prevent getting it, cut down on sugar intake. Start reading labels carefully. Sodas and pops are one of the worst culprits and can have sugar at a total of 40 to 50 when some apple juices, not all might be only. This would also mean cutting out pastries and candy and other sweets or at least having it seldom. Another trap for people is taking sugar free products thinking they won't get diabetes from it. That is totally false. Your body still sees it as a sugar and is affected by it as a sugar. What sugar free sweeteners are limited to, is only being good for not adding on extra weight...thats it. I learned all this while being a care giver for a mentally disabled gal who had diabetes and began to dutifully use only sugar free products and yet still had diabetes related episodes. Hope this answers your question.
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