Life with T2
Business and life coach Eugene Moreau has struggled through dark times and made it out. The wisdom and conviction he shares with his clients comes from personal experience.
LIVING TO TELL THE TALE
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ype 2 diabetes runs in Eugene’s family. As far as he is aware, he is the first Moreau male to have lived past 60 in at least four generations: ‘My father died at 59. His father died in his early 50s. My dad’s brother died in his 50s. My great-grandfather died in his 40s and, before that, my great-grandfather … As far back as I can find out, I am the first, which incentivises me. I’m 62 this year.’ Eugene and his wife Chereen have a goal: ‘85 and alive.’ TYPE 2 DIAGNOSIS
Eugene is from the American South. ‘My dad was Louisiana French. So I grew up on red beans and rice, corn bread, fried chicken, dumplings – Southern food.’ His parents moved to New Zealand as missionaries when he was a child. ‘Although we lived in New Zealand, my mother would still cook all this food. So I grew up with that southern American taste, and then, of course, I fell in love with boil-up over here and fried bread. Those are really cool foods, just not always good for your body.’
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DIABETES WELLNESS | Spring 2021
