Actually, hydrogenated oils represent a host of toxic isomers of which trans fats are the most deadly. The Current cartoonish labeling requirements only obligate manufacturers to mention if trans fats are contained. There are all kinds of toxic isomers generated by the "super efficient" food processing industry that can interfere with the glucose transport system. "Super efficient" food processing = high heat, high speed chemical/machine processing = increased incidents of diabetes type 2.

Ask any mainstream medical doctor about this and they avoid the subject like the plague. Then you know it's true.

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" The processed food industry is cheating people with cheap ingredients while the medical industry is cashing in on all the resulting ailments." - Randolph D.

You're absolutely right. Manufacturers have been using hydrogenated oil to prolong the shelf life of foods. This type of oil is also known as trans fats, only you don't see "trans fat" on food labels nowadays. Instead, what you see on food labels are the words
"hydrogenated oil" or "partially hydrogenated oil" and they're just as deadly because they comprise a major percentage of your arterial plaque.

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As the comment before mine is so, there is an extreme rise in diabetes, including other diseases, for many reasons that don't stem from genetics, but from external & internal. These need to be addressed, & can be with diet. And also, in spite of Colleen's truths, diet often affects the impact of these diseases/disorders etc., not to mention what's in our environment (which may or may not be easily changed). And, to validate another point towards food affecting diabetes, The China Study shows definite links towards casein in milk products to Diabetes, that were before thought to have been caused genetically. Also, I'd like to point out that many studies have been done, showing many cases of extreme Diabetes controlled by strictly fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, & beans. Do Google it.

I'm not claiming there aren't uncontrollable situations we need to be more aware of and sympathetic towards. I'm instead hoping to help people out whose lives can maybe be improved, and supporting healthy diets and lifestyles.

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@ Colleen, If you're talking about Polycystic ovary syndrome, it only affects 5% of all women and half of those women are obese, therefore 2.5% of all women seem to have no choice. If you're a PCOS victim, then pardon my bluntness. 8% of the US population alone has type 2 diabetes (all figures from wikipedia).

The short and simple: The processed food industry is cheating people with cheap ingredients while the medical industry is cashing in on all the resulting ailments.

The biggest culprits: Cheap, processed junk food which includes preservatives and GMOs for increasing shelf life (and decreasing human life); clear tasteless GMO cooking oils like canola full of toxic isomers from all the super heating / processing; caged livestock fed an unbalanced diet of grains and other processed animals which leads to an omega 3 : 6 unbalanced ratio of EFAs. There are more sources.

The most famous question: Why would they allow people to eat it if it's not safe? The US is mostly corporate run. Whoever you think "they" are, "they" have no obligation to protect your health, YOU DO. Invest in your local organic growers. Educate yourself on healthy eathing. Live Well. Stay Healthy.

Healing Thoughts, HealingMindN

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www.rawfor30days.com is a documentary about how 6 diabetics got off insulin. Only one didn't entirely (Type 1) but reduced his insulin dramatically.

There are many ways to balance blood sugar but the above article leaves a lot to be desired and it certainly isn't so simple--like Colleen says!

Doing Simeons Pounds and Inches diet with HCG has gotten quite a few diabetic healthier and slimmer. No exercise. Join the yahoo groups if interested and search the messages. Seems to fix a lot of people's endocrine systems.

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I have PCOS as well, and have found that eliminating all grains and sugars, and potatoes, along with foods that I was intolerant or allergic to (dairy, eggs, almonds), allowed me to lose weight. But it wasn't easy to maintain.
Insulin resistance can be caused by lectin intolerance. Read up a bit on lectins and insulin at:
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/04/leptin-and-lectins-part-ii.html
http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/toxins/essential-sugars-plant-lectins.aspx
http://www.right4yourtypenz.com/0_1600.htm

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While this is generally good advice it does not address the large group of obese type 2 diabetics who did eat right who did exercise but were insulin resistant due to having PCOS all of their lives and had absolutely no control over their weight. This was due to PCOS which royally confuses the endocrine system which, starts the ovaries then moves into the adrenal glands and the pancreas and on from there. Weight gain is one of the major ramifications of that resulting hormone imbalance as is insulin resistance. You literally cannot loose weight no matter how well you eat or how hard you try. And the insulin resistance is generally not picked up by doctors unless you have regular blood work done looking for it.

I found this article to be simplistic and only aimed a small percentage of the our population, and frankly, rather insulting to the groups of folks totally left out of this picture. I don't understand why articles on Care 2 constantly do this. Either be more specific on your target group for articles or be all inclusive of all groups please. Even the title is misleading so much so that now people believe if their eat right and exercise they will never get diabetes. Well, this writer is a living example of that not being true. I feel for anyone who reads this article and actually takes it a the gospel truth.

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