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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Geesh, interesting convos and sub-convos ! Truly. Food for thought (wow, no pun intended there ).

Food doesn't cause diabetes, btw. Not in any way, shape, or form. There are many foods that are *bad* for diabetics. Also, being overweight causes diabetes -- and that's also where food comes in. So, we can't blame Paula's food for causing diabetes.

It doesn't bother me that she hid her diabetes, that's her personal and private information. She didn't get diabetes from her food, she got diabetes from those things that cause diabetes. If she was thin and got diabetes, I wonder if people still would try to blame her food, I dunno. I did lose respect for her when she did the drug company deal bc it appeared to me then that she first wanted to hide her diabetes (which is fine) until she could make money from it...then it seemed attractive to make public and it seemed kinda slimy.

As for the N word, it shouldn't be used - we've all been told of how degrading it is; and so, imo, it should not be used by whites, blacks, purples, oranges, whatever. I can't stand that for some, it's okay to use it - but not for others. You can't have it both ways bc it looks hypocritical. Not to mention if one uses it, it just encourages others to use it...why not shoot yourself in the foot instead?

You're splitting hairs. Being overweight causes diabetes you say? Well how does one get overweight? By their food choices.

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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

You're half right. Food doesn't cause type one diabetes, that's genetic. However, type 2 diabetes IS caused by the bad fatty food we eat. I wish I was at home so I can dig up my health book and notes to quote from. Edited to add, I know a lot of thin people who have type two diabetes.

Totally correct. Type 2 is not genetic, it's caused by bad food choices. Type 1 is genetic and both types do not afflict only fat people. And just like DvlshAngel here, my bff's DH has Type 2, and he is thin. His is bc of his massive sweet tooth. Also another friend's father has Type 2. He's extremely thin, but he loves to eat fried chicken and all kinds of bad stuff.