Trying to lose weight to prevent becoming an diabetic which runs in my family.

Hi,

Just joined this forum in hope that perhaps someone can answer my questions and give pointers.

Background.

As the thread title suggests diabetes runs in my family mostly my mother's side two of my cousins have got it one is losing his sight though it he is only in his mid 40s. My late grandad had it and my uncle has got diabetes all type two even my great grandmother had it and from what I have been told quite possibly more had it in the family further back. On my dad's side of the family his mother had diabetes in her last year's of life.

I don't have diabetes and trying my hardest not to become one my GP does a yearly blood test because of the family history of diabetes. I do have arthritis and mobility is not great and I am carrying extra weight that puts me at risk of diabetes.

I have read about low carb diets but my own GP seems against the idea saying it's too high in fats but told me to do a low fat diet which when I read though it seemed high on sugars which to me defeats the object. I am confused on which diet to do ?I

Thank you

Over the years by one doctor has told me the only way to lose weight is by counting the calories but never on what to eat. The diet industry wants us to keep fat so they can make millions of pounds a year no money to be made from healthy people only obese people with their products that promise so much but fail to deliver.

Another factor is the rise of sugar in most daily used food items my late grandmother used to say food doesn't taste like it used to and found most of it too sweet. Sugar in bread sugar in this and that I sure nature never meant for us to be 20 stone and eating mountains of suger. Look at old photos from past eras they were a lot thinner for the most part it's like we have forgotten what real food is.