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Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet? I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scie

by abtinf 3y ago

Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet? I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.

Operyl 3y ago
It's not universal, my mother is pre-diabetic, has a good diet, and isn't overweight.
- dangwhy 3y ago
  > isn't overweight i am not overweight but i am fat, if that makes sense. Lacking muscle makes you prone to low insulin sensitivity and t2d.
  - Operyl 3y ago
    I guess it’s worth qualifying that my mother is not fat either, she’s a normal skinny human being with regular muscle density in this regard.
    - dangwhy 3y ago
      yea unfortunately all these diseases have a lot do with cellular dysfunction from ageing. I ate mcdonalds and soda for 4 yrs in college everday but never had any diabetes.
username989 3y ago
https://youtu.be/epgRw-vIRSA https://youtu.be/epgRw-vIRSA
steve_adams_86 3y ago
Apart from this study, the disease isn’t linked to diets directly, but the result of diets if that makes sense. Obesity is a major factor. Being sedentary is another. Once you become pre diabetic it seems diet becomes a larger factor for more obvious reasons, but the path to get there in the first place doesn’t seem to require a specific diet. You could become obese eating anything and still wind up having very high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. I think this is a source of confusion because people develop it even though they became overweight on relatively healthy food. Or, at the very least, what they consider to be healthy food. As for this study it seems to indicate to me that certain foods are much easier to get obese with, so they’re linked to the disease. When you consider carbohydrate quality, a major difference between high and low quality sources is that the higher quality ones are harder to eat more of. That by default is a great protection from obesity. Foods which are harder to eat are almost always better for us if we struggle with portioning. Take raw carrots for example. You would struggle to become obese by eating raw carrots. On the other hand, you can casually drink like 4 carrots worth of calories in a few minutes via soda. And not feel full at all.
imtringued 3y ago
Type two diabetes is caused by hormonal imbalances. If you eat sugar or refined carbs, they get absorbed into the blood stream quickly and spike your blood sugar levels. Your body does a panic reaction where it releases insulin to force the excess glucose into your fat cells. Afterwards you might end up with low blood sugar and feel hungry again. Repeat this often enough and you can get type two diabetes at any body weight as your body becomes less and less responsive to the insulin.

by abtinf 3y ago

Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet? I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.

Operyl 3y ago

It's not universal, my mother is pre-diabetic, has a good diet, and isn't overweight.

dangwhy 3y ago
> isn't overweight i am not overweight but i am fat, if that makes sense. Lacking muscle makes you prone to low insulin sensitivity and t2d.
- Operyl 3y ago
  I guess it’s worth qualifying that my mother is not fat either, she’s a normal skinny human being with regular muscle density in this regard.
  - dangwhy 3y ago
    yea unfortunately all these diseases have a lot do with cellular dysfunction from ageing. I ate mcdonalds and soda for 4 yrs in college everday but never had any diabetes.

username989 3y ago

https://youtu.be/epgRw-vIRSA https://youtu.be/epgRw-vIRSA

steve_adams_86 3y ago

Apart from this study, the disease isn’t linked to diets directly, but the result of diets if that makes sense. Obesity is a major factor. Being sedentary is another. Once you become pre diabetic it seems diet becomes a larger factor for more obvious reasons, but the path to get there in the first place doesn’t seem to require a specific diet. You could become obese eating anything and still wind up having very high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. I think this is a source of confusion because people develop it even though they became overweight on relatively healthy food. Or, at the very least, what they consider to be healthy food. As for this study it seems to indicate to me that certain foods are much easier to get obese with, so they’re linked to the disease. When you consider carbohydrate quality, a major difference between high and low quality sources is that the higher quality ones are harder to eat more of. That by default is a great protection from obesity. Foods which are harder to eat are almost always better for us if we struggle with portioning. Take raw carrots for example. You would struggle to become obese by eating raw carrots. On the other hand, you can casually drink like 4 carrots worth of calories in a few minutes via soda. And not feel full at all.

imtringued 3y ago

Type two diabetes is caused by hormonal imbalances. If you eat sugar or refined carbs, they get absorbed into the blood stream quickly and spike your blood sugar levels. Your body does a panic reaction where it releases insulin to force the excess glucose into your fat cells. Afterwards you might end up with low blood sugar and feel hungry again. Repeat this often enough and you can get type two diabetes at any body weight as your body becomes less and less responsive to the insulin.