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"Gorging on pasta when pregnant will just produce a type I diabetic child." ORLY? Seriously, is there study that show a low-fat/type I diabetes connection?

• kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  The issue is in utero insulin exposure. http://tinyurl.com/447xh5 http://tinyurl.com/447xh5 When mom eats french fries and rice the insulin spikes permanently screw up the kid's endocrine system, leaving a propensity to obesity if not diabetes.
  • fallentimes 18y ago
    Are the obesity rates in countries with diets high in rice consumption (e.g. Japan) especially high? Or is it usually offset by something (so in Japan's case: fish consumption)?
    • delackner 18y ago
      Living in Tokyo, an obese person really sticks out. You just almost never see them. You do see some fat teenagers though, since they are abandoning the traditional diet. Japan is in love with fat in all its forms (fatty marbled beef, fatty tuna, fatty pork) and there is almost no culture of sun-screen usage, but they also are much better at producing melanin than europeans, making for pretty effective natural protection. They also have one of (if not the) largest populations of centenarians on earth.
  • coglethorpe 18y ago
    Do you mean Type I or Type II? Everything I've read indicates that the cause of type one isn't clearly understood, but is likely an autoimmune condition. However, conditions that lead to obesity later in life can lead to type II diabetes.
• jcromartie 18y ago
  I think it's more of a high-carb/diabetes connection.