Added sugar often found in Canadian products

Completely agree. I had to think about how you worded that a moment, but it's very true, because you can cure something like Type 2 before it develops by being wise with food. An ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure is what you were getting at, amirite? Type 1's (like you and Spyder's mom) have no choice, you guys' pancreas never really did it's job making insulin and it's not remotely your fault. But Type 2's? The majority of Type 2's could have gotten ahead of the game and beat it before it started. Granted, there really are healthy folks who do develop Type 2, theirs was a little more complex than just pointing at poor dietary choices and sedentary affinity, they're the outliers or anomalies, if you will.

Our food culture is completely screwed up over here. None of our food types we're so proud of are healthy to any organ we have, and by cultural decree, we're fricking gluttons of epic proportions (pun intended) We eat so much more food every day, even if we're trying to eat the healthy stuff, than we need to, our idea of portion sizes is screwing us. We think we have to overeat to the point of popping the button off our jeans to equal a satisfying meal. Couple that with a defensive love of crap food, and we're not doing ourselves any favors.