Diabetes question?

Question

If a person eats a lot of sugary foods and has a really sugary diet, can that cause diabetes or increase the person's risk of getting diabetes? How does eating lots of sugar affect diabetes or a person's vulnerability to diabetes?

Answer 1

Think of TYPE 1 diabetes this way:

Think of all the things you have heard in the media, in the news, etc. about diabetes. Then wipe them out of your memory. Type 1 diabetes is the rarer non-preventable kind that few people are aware of or understand. You never hear about this form in the media (or very rarely) or facts are often not stated clearly.

Type 1 diabetes (formerlly called Juvenile or Insulin Dependent) is a result of a "defective" IMMUNE system response. It is NOT caused by sugar, junk food, obesity, lack of exericse, etc. Genetics and a "trigger" like a virus is involved.

It's the same kind of disease as Multiple Sclerosis or Lupus, which are also autoimmune in nature. In autoimmune diseases, the body makes a mistake and attacks healthy cells and tissues. Type 1 diabetes is NOT simply a "burnt out" pancreas. A person can NEVER eat sugar and still get Type 1 diabetes, and a person can eat sugar all day long and never get Type 1 diabetes. Not related. You normally wouldn't tell someone with an immune system disorder that they ate too much sugar, but it's a myth that won't die when it comes to Type 1 diabetes and people do. It really should have a different name.

People get Type 1 diabetes because something in the environment like a virus triggered their genes to express the disease. Their immune system mistakenly destroys their insulin making (beta) cells.

Type 2 diabetes is the now common form you always hear about in the media. It is a completely different disease from Type 1 diabetes and accounts for 90-95% of diabetics. Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has been linked to obesity, lack of exercise, poor diet, inflammation, etc. Even if a person has the genes for Type 2 diabetes, they can often *prevent or delay it* with a healthy lifestyle (about 80-90% of cases).

There are other less common causes for the remainder of Type 2 diabetes cases, such as strictly genetic insulin resistance, pollutants, people who actually have Type 1 diabetes and are misdiagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and certain health conditions and medication. But these are not responsible for the vast majority of Type 2 diabetes cases. It is a myth that most cases of Type 2 diabetes are unavoidable and that it has to be a progressive disease. This is what pharmaceutical companies would LOVE to have you believe.

Think about it: Type 2 diabetes used to be uncommon. In the past 50 years, it has grown to be one of the most common diseases in the US, along with obesity. Genetics can't change in a population over 50 years , but diet and activity level CAN. As a whole, people need to change their habits.

Bottom line, while sugar WON'T cause Type 1 diabetes, excess amounts can lead to obesity and insulin resistance, which often paves the way for *Type 2* diabetes.

There are other VERY rare forms of genetic diabetes, like MODY or the KIR6 mutation. These are not preventable.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood.

Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Answer 6

A poor diet can cause Type II diabetes. It isn't just the sugar, it's all the carbs. Potatoes are the worst offender. Your body just makes more and more insulin and becomes more and more resistant to it. At some point, your body is too resistant to the insulin and your glucose level rises. It's important to change your diet asap so that you can slow down the resistance because it is a progressive disease. Once it starts, how long you live in one piece depends on you. Your pancreas can also stop producing insulin at some point because it has over produced for so many years. And then there are others that are lucky and dispite the abuse of their body, are just fine. And yes, overeating really sets you up for diabetes. You're body just can't handle it.

Answer 7

Diabetes is all about the ability of your body to filter sugars out of your blood, so eating lots of sugar when you already have it is a bad idea. As to a person's vulnerability, eating lots of sugary foods can make you fat, which increases your risk. Some of it is genetic but you can defeat genetics with proper diet.

Answer 8

No. Eating excessivley causes diabetes. Not what you eat just how much. Because your insulin [which controls your blood sugar] cant produce enough because there is too much food....thats called type 2 diabetes....type 1 is different where it is not caused by YOUR doing.

Answer 9

Knowing what to eat can be confusing. Everywhere you turn, there is news about what is or isn't good for you. Some basic principles have weathered the fad diets, and have stood the test of time. Here are a few tips on making healthful food choices for you and your entire family.

* Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Try picking from the rainbow of colors available to maximize variety. Eat non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, carrots, broccoli or green beans with meals.
* Choose whole grain foods over processed grain products. Try brown rice with your stir fry or whole wheat spaghetti with your favorite pasta sauce.
* Include dried beans (like kidney or pinto beans) and lentils into your meals.
* Include fish in your meals 2-3 times a week.
* Choose lean meats like cuts of beef and pork that end in "loin" such as pork loin and sirloin. Remove the skin from chicken and turkey.
* Choose non-fat dairy such as skim milk, non-fat yogurt and non-fat cheese.
* Choose water and calorie-free "diet" drinks instead of regular soda, fruit punch, sweet tea and other sugar-sweetened drinks.
* Choose liquid oils for cooking instead of solid fats that can be high in saturated and trans fats. Remember that fats are high in calories. If you're trying to lose weight, watch your portion sizes of added fats.
* Cut back on high calorie snack foods and desserts like chips, cookies, cakes, and full-fat ice cream.
* Eating too much of even healthful foods can lead to weight gain. Watch your portion sizes.

Answer 10

Some say yes, it wears out the pancreas, some say no, it is hereditary. I say both.