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Well, let me introduce myself to you. I am a type II diabetic.

I was never real overweight, accept during one of my pregnancies.

I always excercised!!

I was an avid horseback rider( Eastern not Western), I took care of my own horses and tack, I enjoyed ice skating in the Winter or at an indoor rink for years, I am a former arobics addict and I loved hiking trips and camping.

I became a diabetic about 1986, according to old blood tests however, I was not diagnosted until 1993. My blood sugar was irregular all those years, but my doctor's just were not concerned. After all I was such an active person.

Well, here we are 10 years later and I follow a LOW CARBOHYDRATE diet but I also watch the fat in my foods.

I avoid sugar like it is the PLAGUE!!

I have problems with infections but heart is fine.

Just wanted you to know that I have several friends who are also type II and they are not fattys or hogs either.

I think the hidden sugar in the processed foods we have been consuming for years is making lots of folks fat and contributing to the epidemic of diabetics II.

Every single Type II diabetic I know has overeaten their way into developing it.

Well, mewzilla, meet someone whose blood sugar problems started at 28 years old and 112 lbs. I started to get shaky and have panic attacks when I ate high carb meals. Then I had my second child and developed gestational diabetes. Even though it's supposed to go away after childbirth, my blood sugars are borderline now. I was probably already a burgeoning Type II before I got pregnant, even though I had worked my tail off to be at a great weight.

By the way, you think your friends would have an easy time of it if they just ate a "proper" diet and exercised? When I had gestational diabetes, the prescribed diabetic diet sent my blood sugar through the roof. I eventually found that eating one piece of the wrong fruit could send my blood sugar shooting up too high as could a sandwich on whole wheat bread, a casserole with bread crumbs or a sweet and sour sauce.

And there is NO motivation to control your blood sugar like knowing your unborn baby will pay the price if you don't. Diabetes can be hard to control no matter how dedicated you are, and it's especially hard if you listen to the advice of doctors who tell you to get most of your calories from sugar.

The problem with trying to avoid sugar means no drinking orange juice which you really need. And don't tell me you can just take Vitamin C pills. Those pills just aren't as effective as consuming Vitamin C in its natural state.