Type 2 Low Carb Diet Effect On Not So High Bg

[Flora123]

Like many things, it's due to a combination of genes and environment. If you have inherited genes which make you susceptible to type 2 diabetes, you are likely to develop the disease if you become overweight or obese. Someone else with the same genes but who doesn't live in an obesogenic environment may never become overweight and may never develop type 2 diabetes. Conversely, if someone has not inherited genes that predispose to type 2 diabetes, they are unlikely to develop type 2 diabetes even if they become obese.

So why do people get it who aren’t obese and never have been? Myself included.

 

[Dark Horse]

So why do people get it who aren’t obese and never have been? Myself included.

It's thought that "type 2 diabetes" is not a single disease. Although the majority of cases are linked to being overweight, it can also be caused by inheriting other specific genes, old age or other 'unknown factors'. It's worth noting that Professor Roy Taylor hypothesises that everyone has a personal fat threshold, above which they are likely to develop diabetes and that for some people, this threshold will fall into the normal weight range.

More info:-
https://www.livescience.com/61917-diabetes-five-types.html

 

[Flora123]

Interesting. Thank you