How do you get Diabetes, besides eating too much sugar?

Answer 1

It's usually hereditary. Undigested and unused sugar content in us is passed into our blood system which could cause excessive sugar that could bring on diabetes later. Besides cutting down on sugary foods, certain fruits should also be eaten moderately like bananas, (for us Asians would include durians because they have very high sugar contents), rice and noodles.
Pregnant mothers are always advised to cut down on sweet foods because they're most prone to diabetes. So, I guess that's where the family line of diabetes starts for it to be hereditary.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

You do not get diabetes from eating too much sugar. Generally it is hereditary. Type 1 diabetes starts at a young age usually and it is caused by a pancreas that doesn't work properly. Type 2 diabetes usually starts when a person is older and overweight. THe best way to avoid diabetes if it runs in your family is to eat healthy and keep your weight down.

Answer 5

Diabetes cannot be caught from other people.
Type 1 diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or any other foods.


You cannot grow out of Type 1 diabetes. It doesn't change to Type 2 as you get older.

Diabetes mellitus, commonly referred to as diabetes, is a medical condition associated with abnormally high levels of glucose (or sugar) in the blood (hyperglycaemia).

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Glucose is a type of sugar found in certain foods such as honey and some, but not all, fruits. It is also the form of sugar that all sugary and starchy foods are converted to in the body after digestion. Glucose is used by the body to make energy.

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Normally, blood glucose levels are tightly controlled by insulin, a chemical signalling substance (hormone) that is produced by a gland near your stomach called the pancreas.

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Insulin lowers the blood glucose level because it stimulates the body to make use of glucose.

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When the amount of glucose in the blood increases, for example, after eating food, insulin is released from the pancreas to normalise the glucose level. However, in patients with diabetes mellitus, the elevated glucose levels cannot be normalised. This causes abnormally high levels of blood glucose, which ultimately leads to the presence of glucose in the urine (glucosuria).

Diabetes currently affects 120 million people worldwide and is expected to increase to 240 million by 2010 and 300 million by 2025. Diabetes is now one of the six National Health Priorities for Australia. Recent estimates from the International Diabetes Institute show that the number of cases will increase from the present 750,000 to 1,300,000 persons in the year 2010.

Answer 6

Eating too much sugar does NOT give you diabetes!!!!

It is a condition that causes your body to be unable to use the sugar from food as energy like it's supposed to. Heredity plays a part, and being overweight tends to make it more likely. Beyond that--nobody really knows!

And other than hellyeah up above me, they are all wrong wrong wrong!!

Answer 7

My Doctor says that they still don't really know the cause for sure. There is some evidence to support the theory that it runs in families, although the fact that a family member has it does NOT guarantee that you will too. But they have also NOT concluded that eating too much sugar causes it.

Answer 8

Current research on diabetes Type II suggests that diabetes is related to: genetics, obesity, diet, and overall health. Not necessarily in that order, and of course every individual may have different combinations of causes for their diabetes.

Answer 9

The cause is not eating too much sugar. It is genetic.

Answer 10

im really not sure how you get it, my moms side of the family has diabetes and they are not fat!!!! it can run in your family though. so that doesnt help. im 20 and i praying that later on in life that i wont get it. i may not have really helped you out but there are some links that might.