New Diabetes Rate Up to 90% in this past decade

I blame the increase on type 2 diabeties on CORN. I am actually not alone, I've read more than one artical where they say that populations that had almost NO type 2 diabeties, since the introduction of corn in the the diet has had a dramatic increase in the desease. I im almost 55 years old, over 100 lbs over weight, eat too many sugars and starches and actually have more of a problem with low blood sugar than high. My roommate actually prefers protien to sweets (not to say she doesn't like sweets sometimes) but she became diabetic almost 20 years ago! Granted, she's got a longer history of being over weight than I do, I didn't become obese until 20 years ago, and she did with the onset of puberty. However, I discovered I'm accutely allergic to corn in my early 20's and have not willingly eaten it for 30 years. My mother, with only about 30 lbs of extra weight, became borderline diabetic at 42, 40 years ago. With the removal of corn from my diet, she also pretty much took it out of the house completely and her diabeties never got bad, she controled it thru her diet, and while they test her at the place she lives, has never had high blood sugar. So, I'm sticking to my theory of why adult onset diabeties is on the increase.

It is the processing of the foods, not necessarily the foods themselves. White bread is like sugar, it enters the blood stream almost immediately because the body can digest it right away. You get a sugar spike stimulating insulin production and then you run out of sugar and have all this insulin still in your system, so then you get a sugar low and have to eat something because you are lethargic. What you should be doing is eating whole grain which takes so much longer to digest and thus you get the release of the food over a long period of time. Sugar is the same, processed it goes right into your bloodstream, if you have it in fruit like an apple, it takes time to digest.

I have also taken measures to avoid this dreaded disease. I have members on both sides of my family with it. My husband was diagnosed with Type 2 several years ago. At that time I threw the bag of sugar out of the house. I haven't missed it at all! And I found it easier to manage my weight. Thanks for the link for the article. 90% is a huge increase, but I'm not surprised with all the junk food on the market and fast food.

Type 2 Diabetes is not always caused by sugar. There are so many people with this disease that don't even know they have it. Some die from complications caused by diabetes and the family doesn't even know because it will be listed as heart failure or kidney failure. Type 2 diabetes has been on the rise for years. Even children are now developing this disease. You are very wise in changing your diet so you do not get this disease. Just like you, my grandmother had this disease but none of her children ever did. But all of her grandchildren have it. I am one of them. My doctor told me it sometimes skips a generation and since I was not overweight I must have inherited it. It's not so much the sugar but all the high carbohydrate foods we eat that can cause us to develop this disease. You can avoid this disease with exercise and a diet high in fiber. Just have to watch out for the bad carbs. I have a blog that explains all this and more. I also have a blog with low-carb recipes. I just put one on there for a pumpkin pie. Didn't want any of my readers to have to do without on the Holidays.