If you want to be free from diabetes, lose weight. Except for a small percentage of diabetics who are type 1, the rest are diabetic because of their weight.It isn't necessarily just about what kind of foods you eat, it is about the amount and what your activity level is.

My 1st husband, who died from diabetes and other maladies, gained a lot of weight, and became diabetic. The doctor told him if he lost the weight, he wouldn't be diabetic. Well, he didn't listen.He should have weighed about 190, and he went up to 370 at one point. His kidneys failed, and he went on dialysis. He had toes and fingers amputated. His heart went down to 30ish percentage of function.He developed lymphoma. He never lived long enough to see 2 out of 3 of the kids hit adulthood. If anything, he should have taken care of himself for his kid's sake.

I remarried, and their stepdad, who loved the kids with all his heart, raised them the rest of the way. Sadly, my kids stepdad contracted asbestos related lung cancer last year, and passed away.I lost a good man, through no fault of his own.