Diet for Preventing Diabetes – Nutrition Action

Source: Diet clues for preventing diabetes – Nutrition Action

The title is catchy and leads you to believe you can “prevent” diabetes with diet.  I personally favor the concept of delaying diabetes rather than preventing the disease.  My father (deceased) had, and my youngest brother has diabetes.  I knew what my risk was and continues to be.

Many years ago I asked one of the country’s top endocrinologists what I could do to avoid developing diabetes.  His answer was short and simple:

Stay as thin as you can as long as you can.

Be nice to your pancreas!