Diabetes is hereditary? Is diabetes passed on to men but not women? Is diabetes contagious? Have these questions ever existed in the minds of all sugar lovers? Today we will answer some questions about diabetes and heredity! Diabetes is hereditary. But it is not the disease itself that is inherited, but the body type of the disease. Simply put, the offspring of a person who has diabetes are more likely to develop it than the offspring of a non-diabetic person. The risk of diabetes in offspring is greater if both parents have diabetes. Diabetes is inherited independently of gender. There is no such thing as passing it on from male to female. However, lifestyle has an impact on the inheritance of diabetes. If your children have good habits and take precautions from an early age to avoid overeating and high-calorie diets, diabetes can be avoided. Diabetes is not contagious. Diabetes is neither infectious nor contagious. However, because of the hereditary factor and the similarity in family habits, diet and work schedule, the overall probability of developing diabetes is higher. Diabetes is also inherited from generation to generation. Some people with juvenile diabetes are diagnosed when neither parent has diabetes, but a family history will often reveal that one of the grandparents has diabetes. The absence of diabetes in the older generation can be passed on to later generations. Studies have found that if no one in the older generation had diabetes and you develop it due to poor eating habits, etc., your offspring will also have a genetic predisposition. It turns out that diabetes and heredity are so closely related. But please note that if there is a family history of diabetes, cutting the later generations without paying attention to diet and exercise does increase the risk of diabetes. But genetics is not the deciding factor. Maintaining healthy eating and living habits will help you create a healthy life and maintain a healthy body