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I'm not an expert by any means, but one thing that's worth acknowledging here is that diseases like diabetes are a question of when, not if, with 100% of the po

I'm not an expert by any means, but one thing that's worth acknowledging here is that diseases like diabetes are a question of when, not if, with 100% of the population. That is, if nothing else kills you first, you will get diabetes. At least, is the impression I've been led to believe from research and multiple physicians. If that's the case, then one must ask, "What's the most effective way of avoiding this?", and avoiding carbohydrates as much as possible sums that up well. It seems to completely drop the growth of diabetic symptoms to near-nonexistence, which seems to suggest that it might be superior for that range of diseases at least.

toasterlovin 8y ago
People are absolutely not guaranteed to get type 2 diabetes. Diabetes was basically unheard of > 150 years ago and has steadily increased in prevalence since then.
- quaunaut 8y ago
  You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. 150 years ago people weren't taking in nearly as many carbs as we are now, nor were they living as long. Diabetes, as a disease, is the breakdown of the process of your body using insulin. This happens naturally, in everyone, but happens at an increased rate when people have foods high in carbohydrates. So the comment that people are guaranteed is to say, "If we all lived 300 years, you'd eventually have diabetes", not that everyone gets it, period.
  - toasterlovin 8y ago
    I didn’t misunderstand you. My statement still stands. People don’t live longer now, there are just more people who live to their full life span. Back when diabetes was unheard of, there were plenty of people who lived until 80. None of them died of complications related to diabetes.
erikpukinskis 8y ago
I’m not sure what you’re saying. Couldn’t you say that about anything? “If nothing else kills you first, you WILL die in an auto accident.” If the time horizon is over 100 years for some people then it’s not really meaningful.

toasterlovin 8y ago

People are absolutely not guaranteed to get type 2 diabetes. Diabetes was basically unheard of > 150 years ago and has steadily increased in prevalence since then.

quaunaut 8y ago
You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. 150 years ago people weren't taking in nearly as many carbs as we are now, nor were they living as long. Diabetes, as a disease, is the breakdown of the process of your body using insulin. This happens naturally, in everyone, but happens at an increased rate when people have foods high in carbohydrates. So the comment that people are guaranteed is to say, "If we all lived 300 years, you'd eventually have diabetes", not that everyone gets it, period.
- toasterlovin 8y ago
  I didn’t misunderstand you. My statement still stands. People don’t live longer now, there are just more people who live to their full life span. Back when diabetes was unheard of, there were plenty of people who lived until 80. None of them died of complications related to diabetes.

erikpukinskis 8y ago

I’m not sure what you’re saying. Couldn’t you say that about anything? “If nothing else kills you first, you WILL die in an auto accident.” If the time horizon is over 100 years for some people then it’s not really meaningful.