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You can eat too much fat too. Fat can be stored as fat without insulin. So you can't eat it till the cows come home without consequences. Just something to bear in mind.

The natural sugars in milk should not be confused with the added i.e. refined sugar. The natural sugars in milk a) do not cause tooth decay and are not the same as the added sugars you'd find in say ice-cream. If you believe they are the same, then you also believe that carbswhich turn into...

The idea that the diabetes is a liver condition is new and interesting. thanks for sharing that thought. With regards to the changes in diet since WW2. There is a really interesting british tv series called The Men Who Made us Fat and followed by the Men Who Made us Thin. If you haven't seen i...

My interest in diabetes comes via my interest in low carb. I've been reading some books and websites. I've been on a weightloss thing since January and another forum i've been on lead me to the low carb thing. I've been doing low carb for about six weeks. Another poster on this site led me to...

Diana, you might be a rare exception then. I mean you may be right about the cause of your diabetes. I think it is autoimmune for type 1 isn't it? i can't remember what i read on that score. Anyway it sounds like an interesting case. Sorry to say. AFter that, what you say about genetics isn't...

Donnelly, that's because this thread is not about type 1 diabetes. I deliberately excluded it because it makes the discussion so complicated as to make it become impossible to unravel . But since you remind me of question about body type, i looked into my question on it yesterday and the...

Adele that's a good point to bring up. Cats get diabetes too. And i once new some people who had a diabetic cat. They told me they fed it chocolate. I think the diabetes in these animals is coming from the extra "treats" (poisons is a better word) that people are feeding their pets. I have a...

Totto, good post except i think to say it has a lot to do with genes must surely be an oversimplication also. You seem to be saying that you do not think diet or anything is part of the cause. Is that the case. To me it seems clear that diet has to be part of the cause. Its like cancer, Many...

Phoenix, thanks for all your effort. I will need to reread it but i have understood quite a bit of it.

Same with lots of cancer and other diseases annie. Sometimes a clear explanation cannot be identified. Given that there has been an increase in the incidence of it, there has to be an environmental factor in play for many of the diagnoses, and so far the most likely candidate seems to be diet.

Robbity, i thought it worth mentioning the constipation because i have come across other people who have quit the low carb diet because of it. Its an issue for me because i take an antidepressant which also causes constipation so i have a double whammy. Also if you are following induction a la...

Annnie, I think the reasons why those people are getting it now is because their diets are changing, e.g. in India. Although i have heard some time ago that indians do have a greater genetic predisposition to diabetes than caucasians. I've noticed that more of them are apple shaped too. But i've...

Thank you for your replies. So it seems to me that genetics plays a key factor but diet is the next most important thing. Given the role of genetics is complicated we can only say its a big factor but not the whole picture. I liken it to depression or other diseases and their gene causes...

Someone here told me to read up on it. Can you provide me with links. I am only asking about type 2 diabetes. I googled but none of the threads that came up took me directly to an explanation. and the only explanation i found through other means left things pretty in a inconclusive state.

To the nasty person avocado: If eating the odd bit of meat when caught in a tight spot is acceptable to Peter Singer, the ethics philosopher who ignited the modern animal welfare trend,, then its fine for me too i.e. the 5 grams of ham i ate the other day, which I generally avoid. Cake is part...

Just for the record, i love garlic as much as the next person but it needs to be cooked properly. I even love a french dish called chick with 40 cloves of garlic which actually contains 40 cloves of garlic. Your description of cooking the omelette was great. But i suggest you try following...

An opinion backed up by professional cooks and traditional cooks. But as i said, if you like this way of cooking go for it.

Congratulations avocado you choose a special day. Don't forget to read my note at the bottom! which explains i had an event to go to which i planned for and which caught me out by not offering a mean but rather high tea of all things. For more typical days you might want to look a little further.

"@@Sunspot I would suggest you read some of the basic information pages on this site if you think diabetes is caused by eating sugar or sweet foods." I did not say diabetes was caused by sugar. I see my being on this forum is going to cause a lot of you a chance to find someone to pick on. I...

Oh sorry i presumed tomato paste was everywhere. Paste is a concentrated puree. If you can't get paste then puree is ok but will need more reducing to get the richness of paste in your bolognese. Btw jars of tomato sauce for bolognese etc have loads of sugar in it. Read the labels. And if you...