285 | The Truth About Type 2 Diabetes: It's Not Your Genes, You Have the Power!

[00:00:00] You are listening to episode number 285 of Better Blood Sugars with Delaine, Maryland. Welcome to Better Blood Sugars with Delaine, MD where you can learn strategies to lower your blood sugars and improve your overall health. I'm your host, Dr. Delaine Vaughn. Ladies, if you know you're capable of doing badass things at work and for your family, but you're confused and frustrated with why you can't seem to stop eating the chocolate cake, this podcast is for you. Let's talk. [00:00:28] Welcome to the podcast. I am so glad that you're taking some time for you and your health today. As always, I feel really privileged that you're deciding to spend that time with me, and I hope you learned something that's helpful and beneficial for you and your health. Today. I want to discuss why you are diabetic. Lots of women think that it's their genetics or some other cause. As a physician, I've watched thousands of people worry and suffer and inevitably die from many diseases. [00:00:57] And what I've realized is most of the diseases of modern times are really due to lifestyle choices. And for whatever reason, people believe that their ability to change and create the health that they want is outside of their control. Whether they believe that the disease is related to their genes, whether they believe that they're addicted to a substance that they cannot walk away from, whatever it is they feel, feel that making the changes that they need to make to be healthy and the way they want to be healthy is outside of their control. A lot of times we hear these stories about genes and our genetics being stacked against us, or we believe that there's an addiction that we are not strong enough to overcome. We believe that stopping the action that's creating this disease is not within our reach. And so, so many people believe this. And this idea, of course, is supported by the medical industry, which most people look to as a valued and trusted expert source for their health. And the fact is, it just simply is not the medical industry.