It seems most people in America and much of the West have a disordered relationship with food. I certainly grew up without learning proper nutritional habits. I also had hypoglycemia, but I had it from my tween years, along with pancreatic seizures. I was in my 20s before I began learning good nutrition.

I spent the following 20 years eating right and trying to be more active. However, when I developed gestational diabetes in 2003, in the last six weeks I was pregnant, the nutritionist warned me, though it would likely clear up immediately following the birth, I was at high risk of developing Type II diabetes. I was diagnosed in 2011 as diabetic – in spite of healthy habits. I'm convinced it's not as serious as it might have been if I hadn't learned better habits in my 20s. Also, I think there are better medical treatments now than in the past. I've been fortunate not to need insulin, to be able to control it with a couple of pills and better nutritional habits.