tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post113875760536975802..comments2024-02-26T21:17:21.108+11:00Comments on .: Dispelling Some Myths About … DiabetesGI Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609354784645028388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1140617823022992192006-02-23T01:17:00.000+11:002006-02-23T01:17:00.000+11:00My opinion on this matter is that fat not sugar is...My opinion on this matter is that fat not sugar is more responsible for Type-2 diabetes. Because you have too much fat surrounding the cells that uptakes the insulin, your body now cannot receive enough insulin to lower your blood sugar. The necessary quantity of insulun is there but now you have become insulin resistant meaning that the surface of your cells are no longer sensitive enough to take in the insulin to lower your blood sugar. By reducing fat content and therefore making the surface of your cells sensitve to insulin uptake again,your blood sugar levels will decrease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1139120428822016942006-02-05T17:20:00.000+11:002006-02-05T17:20:00.000+11:00Hi - this is incorrect. As we mention, there is no...Hi - this is incorrect. As we mention, there is no scientific data to support that sugar per se causes diabetes. You're observations are anecdotal. Excess fat in the diet leading to overweight and/or obesity is the main problem. There is also strong epidemiological evidence linking lower GI to a reduced risk of diabetes and insulin resistance.GI Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609354784645028388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1139067299577186742006-02-05T02:34:00.000+11:002006-02-05T02:34:00.000+11:00I disagree that you can say sugar does not cause T...I disagree that you can say sugar does not cause Type-2 diabetes. Let's look at the issue from another angle--the advent in the past 50 years of Coca-Cola and Krispy-Kream (donut shops), coupled with a significant reduction in the amount of physical labor of the population.<BR/>Whether the battering the pancrease takes into adulthood is the actual cause of diabetes is less important than the "fact" that under the a life-time of this new sugar onslaught, the cause (whatever it is) is so often triggered by the sugar-rich environment.<BR/><BR/>Or, to put it another way, if you could raise a population of kids who did not have daily access to soft-drinks and pastry, would many of these kids develope Type-2? <BR/><BR/>I'll wager not.Tholzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344550305933286610noreply@blogger.com