scared I'll get diabetes?

my mom has diabetes. worrying about it does not help. every 5 pounds or so make a difference though.

Get your blood checked NOW. If you have tingly feet now, that's a warning sign that you should go to the doctor and get checked NOW. You don't want diabetic neuropathy.

My dad had type 2 diabetes. I was told I had pre-diabetes last year. I lost 16 pounds and was cleared.

My mother's side has it running rampant.

Do I have it? No, I lost weight and now weigh a healthy 123 pounds and fasting sugars are 77. You can worry about it all you want, but that doesn't help you lose the weight. Yes it is genetics, but on the other side of my family no one ever had diabetes, so it's 50/50 for me.

Type 1 - insulin resistance
Type 2 - diet and exercise, sometimes pills

Do you have all the symptoms? Thirstiness, peeing, dizzy, you said you had the tingling, that can be any number of things, including just plain neuropathy, especially if you haven't been diagnosed yet.

My family tree is full of diabetes-lost one grandfather to it, the other had it and one of my grandmother's has it and is now beginning to experience the effects of it (skin rashes, foot problems etc). Several other relatives also have/had it (all type 2). My crappy family tree of cancers, diabets and other diseases is the reason why I became interested in the connection between food and good/bad health, and why I'm now transitioning to a whole foods, plant based diet.

A good book to read is Eat to Live, by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and the documentary Forks Over Knives is great-I found it free online to watch

Have you been to the doctor to get tested for diabetes?? If not, WHY??? Tingling feet is not good. My Father and my husband both have diabetes and tingling, burning feet. My Father has done EVERYTHING the doctor has told him to do, and his feet don't burn anymore. Plus his blood sugar has returned to normal so he only takes a very small dose of meds now. Mostly for prevention and kidney protection.

My husband has done nearly NOTHING the doctor has said. He has lost some weight, but nothing else. He is now taking shots and his blood sugar is still too far off. Plus he has neurapathy in his feet, so they hurt and burn all the time. But he is hard-headed, so he does as he pleases.

You go get checked immediately and do so on a regular basis!! (I'm preaching here) This is a disease that is not to be messed with. It can be doing kidney damage and other damage to your heart and vascular system and you don't even know it. Until it's too late, that is. I don't want that to happen to you!

My husbands brother and father have it. Both are on insulin. Both don't take care of themselves. I know my husband would be the same if he got it. I do worry about him, especially because he has to pee like every half hour. I'm scared to get him tested.

That's the one of the first signs of diabetes! that's how my husband knew something was wrong. Drag his to the doctor!

Both my parents have Type 2 Diabetes. Yes, I worry about it. Weight control may prevent it. We'll see.

It's a reasonable fear... the good news is that research is showing clearing that losing 10% of one's body weight will help prevent them from getting diabetes.

I was insulin dependent up until last May, but no more, baby!

I'm a type 2 diabetic. You don't have to be scared, but you do have to take control. You've already received some horrible advice on this thread. There's a lot more horrible advice that will be thrown at you by so-called experts.

1- Get checked by your doctor.
2- Get a meter and start testing.

You can probably guess the obvious things to avoid like cookies and candy, but there are some other so called healthy foods that are dangerous to eat. What's bad for me, may not be bad for you, and vice versa. A rule of thumb that works for me: Be wary of vegetables that grow below ground (onions, carrots, potatos) and fruit that doesn't have skin that you can eat. I can eat an apple, but not an orange, a pear is fine, a banana is not.