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Because skinny people don't get diabetes right? /s

• cperciva 13y ago
  Rates of type 2 diabetes are in the non-overweight population are extremely low. Skinny people can get type 1 diabetes, but that's a completely different disease -- acquired hypoinsulinaemia, as opposed to hyperlipedaemia. (Note, neither diabetes is essentially about glucose; it just happens that hyperglycaemia is a symptom of both diseases, and Aretaeus didn't know better.)
  • CEyzaguirre 13y ago
    The only point I'm trying to make is that blood sugar is culprit of the numerous conditions afflicting wealthy countries, not just obesity. Clearly obesity isn't a neutral variable in this equation.
    • cperciva 13y ago
      And my point is that (aside from glycation damage), blood sugar is a symptom of disease, not a cause of disease.
      • eclipxe 13y ago
        If only we could figure out a way to not eat foods that increase the amount of sugar in our blood....
        • Dylan16807 13y ago
          Did you completely ignore the comment you were replying to?