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Pretty much every health authority will tell you that high blood sugar damages blood vessels, thereby enabling the formation of said plagues.
by giacomoforte 9mo ago
Pretty much every health authority will tell you that high blood sugar damages blood vessels, thereby enabling the formation of said plagues.
- loeg 9mo agoHealthy adults consuming some dietary sugar doesn't cause persistent high blood sugar, though. That's diabetes.
- Alex2037 9mo agoit's not just sugar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index#Grouping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index#Grouping all simple carbs are the devil, but we can't possibly feed billions of people actually healthy food - organic vegetables, nuts, and animal products, so come drink your corn syrup.
- loeg 9mo agoThe sugar industry (topic of this article) can only be blamed for sugar, though -- not all high-GI foods. And you can replace "sugar" in what I said earlier with "high-GI foods" and it doesn't change a thing. Persistent high blood sugar is diabetes; it isn't dietary.
- Alex2037 9mo ago>Persistent high blood sugar is diabetes; it isn't dietary. how is it not dietary if consuming most carbs spikes your blood sugar for hours, which, with three meals + snacks + starbucks slurry, means elevated blood sugar 20+ hours a day?
- rzmmm 9mo agoIt doesn't happen in non-diabetic people. It's different in type 2 diabetics who will see large swings in blood fat and glucose after meals.
- __0x01 9mo agoPlease can you provide a source for the above?