Obesity~Re: Family of Origin

January 27, 2008

We are only beginning to understand the dynamics of obesity and morbid obesity.

There certainly is a cultural component. But why do some people gain 100 pounds

and some none when eating a similar crappy diet? Why do some people feel crazy

compelled to eat when they are not physically hungry? I am sure this issue is

far more complex than will power, the availability of fast food and larger

portions, psychology and 'just' genetics. I imagine the cause is likely a

combination of causes. Obesity is struggle that non-obese folks cannot fully

understand. It is painful beyond words.

Cheryle

--

" The path before all of us sometimes is strewn with shards of glass and this

world does not always provide strong, protective shoes. So as the poem

" Footprints " says, God will carry me, when I cannot carry myself. He loves me

enough to do that for me...I surrender this struggle and am crawling up into His

arms. " ~ Me, 1/14/2008

-------------- Original message --------------

From: Sue <marysue@...>

So you are saying that we're guiltless when we get autoimmune

disorders, but to blame when we get type 2 diabetes. (Type 1 diabetes

is an autoimmune disease.)

There are plenty of obese people who don't have diabetes, and there are

non-obese people who do have it. If a person has the diabetes gene, he

will eventually get diabetes, through no fault of his own. I have never

been obese, but I got diabetes, because the gene was passed down to me.

Diabetes was in both sides of my family, and I was one of the unlucky

ones who got it. It was the same with RA, and with the Fuchs' corneal

dystrophy that I also have. I just didn't choose my parents wisely.

Sue

On Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 06:16 PM, swierzop wrote:

>

> Diabetes is not an autoimmune illness, it is a civilizational disease

> (it's widespread and its cause is the civilization's excesses...).

>

> ...................................

> You guys are not guilty of getting sick. You didn't do anything wrong!

> You families didn't do anything wrong! We don't know how to protect

> ourselves from autoimmune disorders. WE DON'T KNOW HOW!

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