help...Im eating too much junk food.
Replies
-
MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »Akimajuktuq wrote: »galgenstrick wrote: »
Cuz the human body won't give signals when it's malnourished? Really? A diet based on junk food usually results in many micro-nutrient deficiencies and craving and bingeing are just two very obvious symptoms of that.
I'm not in support of supplements necessarily, but I would recommend to stop eating so much junk food and replace it with nutrient dense whole foods. Good place to start.
Did someone just say sugar doesn't cause diabetes? Um, wrong in SO many cases. omg, I am so out of here, the bs is just too much.
@Akimajuktuq @whmscll Sugar consumption has no correlation with type 1 diabetes.
As far as type 2 goes, studies show that sugar intake does not play a role in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Really? I don't believe that. Care to share these studies?
If sugar played no role in developing diabetes, doctors would not advise everybody whose glucose levels are higher than normal (not JUST people who already have diabetes!) to eat less sugar.
Actually, when my glucose number creeped up into the pre-diabetic range my doctor told me to lose weight and said absolutely nothing about cutting back on sugar. I followed his advice, only focused on CICO/eating at a calorie deficit, and I lost the weight, improved my blood panels across the board and got my glucose number back down into the normal range, where it's stayed for over two years now. I have never tracked my sugar intake and I'm no longer a pre-diabetic. I am however almost 60lbs lighter now than what I used to be
0 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »Akimajuktuq wrote: »galgenstrick wrote: »
Cuz the human body won't give signals when it's malnourished? Really? A diet based on junk food usually results in many micro-nutrient deficiencies and craving and bingeing are just two very obvious symptoms of that.
I'm not in support of supplements necessarily, but I would recommend to stop eating so much junk food and replace it with nutrient dense whole foods. Good place to start.
Did someone just say sugar doesn't cause diabetes? Um, wrong in SO many cases. omg, I am so out of here, the bs is just too much.
@Akimajuktuq @whmscll Sugar consumption has no correlation with type 1 diabetes.
As far as type 2 goes, studies show that sugar intake does not play a role in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Really? I don't believe that. Care to share these studies?
If sugar played no role in developing diabetes, doctors would not advise everybody whose glucose levels are higher than normal (not JUST people who already have diabetes!) to eat less sugar.
"In our large cohort of 38,480 initially healthy postmenopausal women followed for an average of 6 years, we accrued 918 incident cases of type 2 diabetes and found no definitive influence of sugar intake on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/4/1008.full
"Although no one would take issue that we are indeed in the midst of an obesity and diabetes epidemic, placing the blame on sugar consumption lacks persuasive evidence and is misguided. Although calories from sugar (sucrose, fructose, or HFCS in any form—solid or liquid) have been shown to increase weight in a hypercaloric diet and decrease weight in a hypocaloric diet, when consumption is corrected for energy intake, sugar has no effect on body weight. Finally, there is no direct evidence that sugar itself, in liquid or solid form, causes an increase in appetite, decreases satiety, or causes diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/4/957.full
First of all, the quote you chose to highlight just states "no DEFINITIVE influence"...basically, their study couldn't actually prove anything one way or the other. It certainly does not prove there is no link.
Second, this is based on questionnaires given in a study whose purpose was to study something entirely different...aspirin and vitamin E's role in preventing cardiovascular disease. How accurate do you think a questionnaire asking how often you ate various foods over the prior year is? Most people can't even remember what they ate yesterday. Thanks, but I think the advice my own doctor gave me is much more relevant and reliable than this.
The second link isn't even a study...just an opinion piece rebutting another article that says sugar DOES play a role. I notice you didn't link THAT article. LOL!0 -
MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »Akimajuktuq wrote: »galgenstrick wrote: »
Cuz the human body won't give signals when it's malnourished? Really? A diet based on junk food usually results in many micro-nutrient deficiencies and craving and bingeing are just two very obvious symptoms of that.
I'm not in support of supplements necessarily, but I would recommend to stop eating so much junk food and replace it with nutrient dense whole foods. Good place to start.
Did someone just say sugar doesn't cause diabetes? Um, wrong in SO many cases. omg, I am so out of here, the bs is just too much.
@Akimajuktuq @whmscll Sugar consumption has no correlation with type 1 diabetes.
As far as type 2 goes, studies show that sugar intake does not play a role in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Really? I don't believe that. Care to share these studies?
If sugar played no role in developing diabetes, doctors would not advise everybody whose glucose levels are higher than normal (not JUST people who already have diabetes!) to eat less sugar.
"In our large cohort of 38,480 initially healthy postmenopausal women followed for an average of 6 years, we accrued 918 incident cases of type 2 diabetes and found no definitive influence of sugar intake on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/4/1008.full
"Although no one would take issue that we are indeed in the midst of an obesity and diabetes epidemic, placing the blame on sugar consumption lacks persuasive evidence and is misguided. Although calories from sugar (sucrose, fructose, or HFCS in any form—solid or liquid) have been shown to increase weight in a hypercaloric diet and decrease weight in a hypocaloric diet, when consumption is corrected for energy intake, sugar has no effect on body weight. Finally, there is no direct evidence that sugar itself, in liquid or solid form, causes an increase in appetite, decreases satiety, or causes diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/4/957.full
First of all, the quote you chose to highlight just states "no DEFINITIVE influence"...basically, their study couldn't actually prove anything one way or the other. It certainly does not prove there is no link.
Second, this is based on questionnaires given in a study whose purpose was to study something entirely different...aspirin and vitamin E's role in preventing cardiovascular disease. How accurate do you think a questionnaire asking how often you ate various foods over the prior year is? Most people can't even remember what they ate yesterday. Thanks, but I think the advice my own doctor gave me is much more relevant and reliable than this.
The second link isn't even a study...just an opinion piece rebutting another article that says sugar DOES play a role. I notice you didn't link THAT article. LOL!
And honey, it certainly doesn't prove there is a link.
Right on the American Diabetes Associations website: "Myth: Eating too much sugar causes diabetes." It is not as simple as eating too much sugar. Diabetes is multifactorial, caused by genetics and a number of lifestyle choices.
Based on the stuff you spew in the forums, I'm sure your 'doctor' is a homeopathic quack who thinks vaccines cause autism and detoxes cleanse the body of toxins.
0 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »MoiAussi93 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »Akimajuktuq wrote: »galgenstrick wrote: »
Cuz the human body won't give signals when it's malnourished? Really? A diet based on junk food usually results in many micro-nutrient deficiencies and craving and bingeing are just two very obvious symptoms of that.
I'm not in support of supplements necessarily, but I would recommend to stop eating so much junk food and replace it with nutrient dense whole foods. Good place to start.
Did someone just say sugar doesn't cause diabetes? Um, wrong in SO many cases. omg, I am so out of here, the bs is just too much.
@Akimajuktuq @whmscll Sugar consumption has no correlation with type 1 diabetes.
As far as type 2 goes, studies show that sugar intake does not play a role in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Really? I don't believe that. Care to share these studies?
If sugar played no role in developing diabetes, doctors would not advise everybody whose glucose levels are higher than normal (not JUST people who already have diabetes!) to eat less sugar.
"In our large cohort of 38,480 initially healthy postmenopausal women followed for an average of 6 years, we accrued 918 incident cases of type 2 diabetes and found no definitive influence of sugar intake on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/4/1008.full
"Although no one would take issue that we are indeed in the midst of an obesity and diabetes epidemic, placing the blame on sugar consumption lacks persuasive evidence and is misguided. Although calories from sugar (sucrose, fructose, or HFCS in any form—solid or liquid) have been shown to increase weight in a hypercaloric diet and decrease weight in a hypocaloric diet, when consumption is corrected for energy intake, sugar has no effect on body weight. Finally, there is no direct evidence that sugar itself, in liquid or solid form, causes an increase in appetite, decreases satiety, or causes diabetes."
Source: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/4/957.full
First of all, the quote you chose to highlight just states "no DEFINITIVE influence"...basically, their study couldn't actually prove anything one way or the other. It certainly does not prove there is no link.
Second, this is based on questionnaires given in a study whose purpose was to study something entirely different...aspirin and vitamin E's role in preventing cardiovascular disease. How accurate do you think a questionnaire asking how often you ate various foods over the prior year is? Most people can't even remember what they ate yesterday. Thanks, but I think the advice my own doctor gave me is much more relevant and reliable than this.
The second link isn't even a study...just an opinion piece rebutting another article that says sugar DOES play a role. I notice you didn't link THAT article. LOL!
And honey, it certainly doesn't prove there is a link.
Right on the American Diabetes Associations website: "Myth: Eating too much sugar causes diabetes." It is not as simple as eating too much sugar. Diabetes is multifactorial, caused by genetics and a number of lifestyle choices.
Based on the stuff you spew in the forums, I'm sure your 'doctor' is a homeopathic quack who thinks vaccines cause autism and detoxes cleanse the body of toxins.
Great, but it doesn't prove the statement you made earlier that there is no link. So I asked for proof, and you gave links that prove nothing about anything.
The bottom line is it has not been proven exactly what causes diabetes. I believe it is a combination of factors and that diet absolutely plays a role in most cases...thus the advice to eat less simple carbs like sugar.
Quack? Uh, no. My personal physician is a cardiologist by training. My best friend is board certified in internal medicine. And my college roommate's husband...who i have discussed this with extensively... is a Harvard trained endocrinologist. All agree that sugar most likely plays a role.
Now if you are done spewing insults for no obvious reason, I hope that satisfies your curiosity.0 -
Diabetes has everything to do with insulin production/absorption and nothing to do with dietary sugar. Sure, if sugar is making you exceed calories and put on weight, it puts you at a risk for diabetes, but...the sugar isn't the problem, the excess weight is.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 394K Introduce Yourself
- 43.9K Getting Started
- 260.3K Health and Weight Loss
- 176K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.6K Fitness and Exercise
- 431 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.9K MyFitnessPal Information
- 15 News and Announcements
- 1.2K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.7K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions