[muawiyah]

It's not that simple. If you don't have the genes for it you'll never develop it. Not all folks with the genes develop Type II. Not all Type II is actually Type II. Some of it is more like a slow Type I that takes years to develop.

There are a gazillion diets and all sorts of "break throughs". Best advice is probably to try everything and ignore the American Diabetes Association's proposal that you eat lots of starchy foods (as a way to offset the craving for sugar I guess?).

Eat only low glycemic foods.

[FatherofFive]

If you don't have the genes for it you'll never develop it.

It is that simple. Type II is diet and exercise. Lifestyle.