Quite a few pathways to diabetes other than eating sugar. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes https://www.niddk.nih.g

Quite a few pathways to diabetes other than eating sugar. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overvi... To the bad diet issue, diabetes is triggered by excess of carbohydrates hence the Association was sugar but sugar is not the only form of carbohydrate that causes insulin spikes and subsequent insulin resistance. Basically any cereal (aka grain) can spike the blood sugar to the point of causing diabetes. White rice, white flour lead the pack but as I've discovered with my CGM, any starchy food causes unacceptably high glucose spikes which leaves me eating nothing but non-starchy vegetables and meat.