is it possible to get diabetes from eating to much sugar?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

Technically, it is not actually eating sugar, but the insulin resistance that develops from fat cells that contributes to type 2 diabetes , which is the kind that most people develop these days, usually in adulthood.

Type 1 diabetes, which is caused by a lack of insulin production by the pancreas, is more often caused by other factors, and is often present from an early age.

So eating sugar can be a factor in gaining weight, which causes fat cells which contribute to insulin resistance, meaning that your body does not use insulin efficiently. There are other contributing factors, such as heredity, lack of exercise, etc. But one of the main modes of control of type 2 diabetes is counting and limiting the carbs (sugars and starches) in your diet.

Answer 3

It is most definitely not possible. Diabetics have difficulty processing glucose and eliminating it from their bloodstream. Thus we advise diabetics to limit their intake of glucose. A nondiabetic may consume rather large amounts of glucose but will still maintain their blood glucose in a fairly narrow range. A number of physiologic changes are invovled in the development of type 2 diabetes. If I had to simply matters and express these changes I would suggest the following. By the time of diagnosis about 50% of the cells which make insulin in the pancreas have been destroyed. This means that the amount and timing of insulin release is not adequate to maintain a normal glucose. Also peripheral tissues and most especially muscle become 'resistant' to the effect of insulin again contributing to a rise in blood glucose.

Answer 4

Sort of. Sugar moreso contributes to the development of type 2, not type 1, diabetes. You can eat sugar but your body just can't break it down due to a lack of insulin production

Answer 5

Yes, you can acquire diabetes, because too much sugar intake will make your cells resistant to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that reduces sugar concentration in the blood. When the cells become resistant to insulin, insulin therefore cannot convert sugar to its storage form which will then increase the blood sugar level concentrations.

Answer 6

In a way, yes. Especially type 2 diabetes. What happens is you can wear out the cells in the pancreas by 'over working them" and they stop producing as much insulin.
But there are other factors involved as well...Such as age (it usually comes on in middle age) and heredity. If anyone in your family has diabetes there is a good chance you'll eventually develop it if your diet is high in sugary processed foods.

Answer 7

Type 2 can be related to poor eating habbits.

Answer 8

yup

Answer 9

ya it is