Member-only story

I Used To Think God Designed Our Bodies Perfectly

Notes from the Type 2 Diabetic Diaries

If I Ain't Readin'
3 min readOct 5, 2023
Photo by RF._.studio

MSN just posted the 8 Reasons to Believe in God, and some of the top reasons are “moral compass”, “belief in the eternal”, “the complexities of the universe”, and “scriptural accounts”, just to name a few.

Yes, the presence of good and evil made the list as well, and truthfully that no longer bothers me because I know that to know good, there must be evil somewhere, but lately I’ve been wondering: Did God really fine tune our bodies, or are we just weak and make excuses to make the Creator seem very strong?

Diagnosis and the contradictions

Since being diagnosed with T2D(Type 2 Diabetes), I have been learning so many things that contradict why we have diabetes. Yes, it involves a lifestyle change and yes, sugar is only a small part of the problem but there is not enough research on if it actually causes diabetes.

I learned that people can get diabetes even with a superior, healthy lifestyle!

In my support group, I learned about two sisters who both developed T2D and they were fit! One sister joined MMA and the other was very fit and healthy as well. Their mother had diabetes and so since birth, the sisters were enrolled in fitness and ate super…

--

--

If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

Written by If I Ain't Readin'

Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

Responses (3)