The thread may not be about meat being better than carbs for
Mexican diabetics - but my comment was. I took this
threadlet in the direction I chose because, no matter how
bad the situation is in that country, a  poor understanding
at the top level of the basic nutritional problems
exacerbating diabetes is not going to help.

If you want to make a political statement and take the
thread back to where you think it belongs - feel free. But
don't start preaching at me, mate.  I don't misunderstand
the gravity of the overall problem, nor do I disparage the
people; in fact I feel for them. I'm looking forward to
traveling that country myself very soon and have spent a
little time reading in advance. Tunnel vision may help you
focus on some issues - but a bit of peripheral vision and a
glance at some side issues may help your friends more than
railing at strangers who don't happen to agree with your
solution.

There are also over 30 million diabetics in India and tens
of millions of others in other countries around the world.
Whatever the situation in Mexico your simplistic politics
does not offer a world solution.

Incorrectly treated type 2 in a world of increasing obesity
is a problem of vast proportions. I don't have the answers -
but I'm damn sure that when they are found they will have a
lot more to do with a better understanding of the
relationship between diet, nutrition, exercise and diabetes
than it will have to do with "misguided food subsidies and
unbridled capitalism".

Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg

they also sell bottled water.

I dont know many people in Mexico but I do have family there.
My Mother and Sister inlaw are both diabetic.
My mother in law is pretty old and my sister inlaw much younger and
alot heavier.  My brother inlaws are all very healthy.
if you compare the diets between my brother and sister inlaws you will find
that the biggest difference is what we have always known as being junk food.
cookies, cakes and candies.
be they high in fat or low in fat i dont blame diabetes too much on the
meals
but feel what is eaten between meals is where the problem is.

are the typical type 2 diabetics in mexicao also very heavy?
if so I  would find it odd that mexicos poor is fatter than those with
money.

i think the problem is more that everyday our lives are becoming easier and
easier.
when I was a kid Man Hunt, Baseball, Football and other acitivities is what
was done to have fun.
today most kids still play football and other activiities except now the
work is done by an image on a tv or computer.

as our lives become easier and easier it makes it so much more important to
do some kind of exercise or just pretend you only have a bike and not a car,
only have stairs and no elevator.  There was a time that if you wanted cake
you had to make it your self,  There was even a time that if you wanted cake
you even had to make the butter that went into it and it was all done by
hand.  The human body was not designed to sit down as much as most soon to
be diabetic are doing.

our lives are becoming more static and the worst kinds of foods are at our
figner tips.
I would never be holding a bag of potato chips while playing football but
have found it very easy
while playing a video game.