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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (6351)3/13/2009 5:02:04 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Your assumption is that that person is genetically predetermined to be a diabetic.

I'm assuming that most Americans become diabetic if they live long enough. I think it's pretty much inevitable with the American lifestyle. Heart disease, too.

It's more than possible that with a lifetime of exercise (and a decent diet I suppose) that that person would never develop diabetes.

I agree. Many/most people could hold it at bay with preventive measures. I'm trying. I'm already somewhat insulin resistant. Would have been an easier and more promising fight had I recognized the risk earlier in life. Too soon old, too late smart. I have always been a good exerciser but I ate the diet recommended by the experts. I was so committed that I was even a vegetarian for a few years and I generously supported the Nutrition Action folks. It turns out that the experts were wrong and continue to be wrong.

I think your focus on exercise seriously underestimates the importance of diet.
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