I eat more sweets than anyone I have ever known. I'm not fat (or thin for that matter either). I am very active (hiking, running, biking, etc.) several times a week but I have 4 snack packs of pudding, and ice-cream, and candy, and cookies, etc everyday.
Anyway, if I don't change my eating habits, how long should I expect before I get diabetes.
2006-11-16 02:21:20 · 16 answers · asked by Dano 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
You may never get it, or you may get it tomorrow. If you are fit and exercise and are keeping active, you are no doubt burning all the carbs and sugars before they turn around and bite you in the butt. However, you may build an intolerence to your insulin, and if that happens, you will no longer be able to get rid of those sugars quickly. Diabetes is a silent preditor, so if I were you, I would simply watch the amount of sugar consumed and find out what the healthy amount of carbs and sugar are consumable for someone your age and weight and height. Moderation is always the key. Why push luck?
2006-11-16 02:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by wilhelmenawiem 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 05:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-18 21:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating sweets won't necessiarly cause diabetes.Besides, you seem active enough that you won't have to worry about it, not for some time yet anyway. Here are factors (other than not being acyive enough) that can increase your risk. NOTE: I said CAN and NOT WILL.
(1) Hereditory factors.(parents, brothers & sisters having diabetes.
(2) Overweight & belly stomach.
(3) Over 45 years of age.
(4)Ethnic community more suceptible for diabetes.
(5) Women who had gestational diabetes and those who had delivered a baby having a weight more than 4 Kg.
(6) High Blood Pressure.(above 140/90 mm Hg)
(7) Persons having high triglycerides level.
(8) Persons having high cholesterol in the blood.
2006-11-16 02:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by kb9kbu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating sugar or any type of carb doesn't lead to diabetes. Being overweight and having a family history is what brings on type 2, whereas type 1 is immune based, and it doesn't seem to be linked to family history. So as long as you stay within a healthy weight, you should be okay for a long time, but once you pack on the pounds and become sedentary, you increase the odds alot, and could easily become diabetic in your 20s or 30s. Even overweight teens are getting type 2, but overweight seems to be the biggest factor in bringing it on early.
2006-11-16 02:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by GEEGEE 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Causes of Diabetes.
(1) Hereditory factors.(parents, brothers & sisters having diabetes.
(2) Overweight & belly stomach.
(3) Over 45 years of age.
(4)Ethnic community more suceptible for diabetes.
(5) Women who had gestational diabetes and those who had delivered a baby having a weight more than 4 Kg.
(6) High Blood Pressure.(above 140/90 mm Hg)
(7) Persons having high triglycerides level.
(8) Persons having high cholesterol in the blood.
2006-11-16 02:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My own personal experience was that diabetes came out of nowhere. I have no diabetes in the family and I wasn't obese.
Like you I was eating a lot of sugary foods, chocolate milk for breakfast, breakfast bars, sodas, chocolate bars etc... but unlike you I was not that active. It's tough to say where it started but I'm convinced that sugary foods played a part.
As for when you should expect it to get it? Quite simply don't plan on it. Change your eating habits stay active and stop thinking that you will get it. I "ain't" a Dr. but if you are waiting for it to happen, it just might...
2006-11-16 03:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
generally, diabetes is genetic. if one of your parents have diabetis, you are a high risk. it can be due to lifestyle (like what you eat) too. but in your case, even if you eat sweets, but you have active lifestyle (you mentioned hiking...) i guess diabetes is going to be least of your worries. because those sweets you ate are turned into energy which you consumed when you hike, run and bike. if you're still in doubt, try having your blood checked for excess sugar.
2006-11-16 05:20:04 · answer #8 · answered by zsarrone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating sugar does not cause diabetes. It tends to run in families with a genetic predisposition. If you live long enough, that is to your 70's to 80's, just about everyone will develop elevated glucose levels as your pancreas tends to poop out over years and years of spitting out insulin.
2006-11-16 02:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by stingme 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your eating habits don't make you diabetic, but I would caution you to cut a lot of sweets from your diet you have far more to worry about than diabetes
2006-11-16 02:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by jo_jo_baby2004 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋