Well..when I was diagnosed, I was told by the endocrinologist's Diabetic Nurse, "You were born with a loaded gun...lifestyle pulled the trigger." Lifestyle = Standard American Diet and lack of exercise. Note: we rarely ate fast food (no budget for that), I cooked from scratch, and I was not as overweight as I am now!

Never mind that I was the mother of two young children and rode my bike, hiked, walked to the park almost every day. She said only cardio of greater than 30 minutes or weightlifting qualified as "exercise".

So, how many Americans live just like that, or worse, yet don't get diabetes? Most Americans. It's in the genes, that's why.