IS DIABETES HEREDITARY?

The actual cause of diabetes is unknown, but herdity is one of the main factors contributing to it's development in the body. The only thing you can do about heredity is to pick out a different grandmother and grandfather, obviously, that is fraught with great difficulty.
Diabetes is transmitted as a recessive characteristic. That is, it tends to disappear from the family tree if non-diabetic blood is introduced. The incidence of diabetes can be expected from the following indicated marriages:
union of two diabetics: All offspring will eventually develop diabetes if they live long enough.
union of a diabetic with non-diabetic from a diabetic family: One half of the offspring will develop diabetes.
Union of two non-diabetic from diabetic families: One fourth of the offspring will develop diabetes..
Union of diabetic with a non-diabetic from a non-diabetic family: None of the offspring should develop diabetes.
It is to be noted that occasionally diabetes will appear in families where no diabetes has been previously known.
In view of the above facts it well to inform people of the possibilities of heredity in this disease.
The actual cause of diabetes is unknown, but heredity and obesity are two main factors contributing to the development of diabetes in the body. The only thing you can do about heredity is to pick out a different grandmother and grandfather! Obviously., that is fraught with great difficulty, so you may be stopped on this one. But when it comes to obesity there is something you can do.
An important observation in connection with exercise has been made. Those who do not get exercise in their work usually are the ones who have diabetes. They sit around and put on weight. Every diabetic and non-diabetic should get daily.

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