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<blockquote data-quote="xyzzy" data-source="post: 248443" data-attributes="member: 40343"><p>That's an interesting theory Dillinger. There is obviously some genetic component going on as well imo. For example in my immediate family (wife, me, 3 sons, 1 daughter). Eldest son is Type 1, second son and wife are only slightly overweight official pre diabetic Type 2's (both now "really" low carb < 120g / day to stop their progression), daughter has IBS but rock solid BG's, youngest son seems ok so far but has slightly raised BG's. Me medium overweight but never obese Type 2.</p><p></p><p>We would consider ourselves to have eaten healthily since the 1980's, cooked from fresh food for 99% of all meals, sweets and chocolate were a once a week treat for us and the kids, never had puddings except as treats, only occasional junk food or takeaway consumers, 5 a day followers BUT our meals were probably biased towards the starchy carb end. If we had a problem I would describe it as a quantity not quality of food problem. We bought low fat where ever possible, sunflower marg etc, you get the type.</p><p></p><p>In my extended family my nephew is LADA Type 1 (diagnosed in his 40's) as was my grandfather (as I might be for all I know if I could persuade them to do the c-peptide test / GAD test). On my wife's side her sister and brother are both Type 2 as was her father.</p><p></p><p>My point being is that there must be 000's of similar families out there who ate or eat a roughly similar diet yet they haven't been blighted by diabetes so the extent we have. So maybe its a genetic predisposition + high carbs (or something else).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xyzzy, post: 248443, member: 40343"] That's an interesting theory Dillinger. There is obviously some genetic component going on as well imo. For example in my immediate family (wife, me, 3 sons, 1 daughter). Eldest son is Type 1, second son and wife are only slightly overweight official pre diabetic Type 2's (both now "really" low carb < 120g / day to stop their progression), daughter has IBS but rock solid BG's, youngest son seems ok so far but has slightly raised BG's. Me medium overweight but never obese Type 2. We would consider ourselves to have eaten healthily since the 1980's, cooked from fresh food for 99% of all meals, sweets and chocolate were a once a week treat for us and the kids, never had puddings except as treats, only occasional junk food or takeaway consumers, 5 a day followers BUT our meals were probably biased towards the starchy carb end. If we had a problem I would describe it as a quantity not quality of food problem. We bought low fat where ever possible, sunflower marg etc, you get the type. In my extended family my nephew is LADA Type 1 (diagnosed in his 40's) as was my grandfather (as I might be for all I know if I could persuade them to do the c-peptide test / GAD test). On my wife's side her sister and brother are both Type 2 as was her father. My point being is that there must be 000's of similar families out there who ate or eat a roughly similar diet yet they haven't been blighted by diabetes so the extent we have. So maybe its a genetic predisposition + high carbs (or something else). [/QUOTE]
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