well . . . I suppose some of us could get by by eating only proteins (fish?) for a while, and vegetation . . . excersize and fruit for a low sugars, temporarily. thank goodness most of the plane routes cross populated areas, hugh?
but type 2 diabetes was way less common, its a problem created by the western diet post industrial age.
If you ever find yourself on a plane occupied by 99% buff, fit, gorgeous people like on Lost or Survivor, get off it quick! thats the plane that will crash and become a tv show!
or maybe you'll end up being the person who miraculously finds insulin made from a strange tropical plant so you can live long enough to sleep with the alcoholic pilot, deliver a baby, navigate a strange map and find lost gold, then be pushed off a cliff by a jealous ex lover. hee hee!
no, seriously. egyptians dealt with diabetes by spirituality, herbs and diet, but mostly by the time people were diagnosed, they were too ill and usually wasted away and died. its very disturbing, but at least it gives us a reminder to be thankful for the technology of today. I have to only see a picture of the origional insulin needles to do that!
