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8. Societies with a diet low in processed foods, low in sugar and meat, tend to have lower rates of Type 2.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:37 AM

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Japan for instance, and most Asian countries.
Vegetable rich diet in short.
Spices to make them interesting to the palate.

Americans who grow up with a diet of high fructose corn syrup in everything and processed foods don't stand much of a chance of getting old with a lifelong healthy body weight and few health problems.

Not a secret, surely?
Not a cure though.

Type 2 HbA1c numbers can be controlled by changing your diet, but it needs to be a permanent change.
Probably wiser to get that 'diet change' in early in your kids' lives.

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