Diabetes claim - limited amount of sugar one can eat in their life?
Francl27
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So my mom told me yesterday that her doctor said that everyone has a maximum amount of sugar that the pancreas can process in their life before giving up and giving you diabetes.
Never heard of this in my life.
True? BS?
Never heard of this in my life.
True? BS?
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Sugar doesn't cause diabetes.12
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I would suggest getting information from a better source such as:
http://diabetes.org/
http://www.diabetes.ca/
Hope this helps.3 -
Never heard such a thing.gebeziseva wrote: »Sugar doesn't cause diabetes.
That really wouldn't be what the doctor was saying though, at least not directly.0 -
Sounds pretty "direct" to me.0
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I've never heard it put quite like that, no. I have read and heard that you can get to a point where your pancreas no longer produces enough insulin. And that this can be caused, in part, by a poor diet.
I've read it as "the pancreas wears out" in part due to having to handle so much glucose, or insulin resistance etc... I googled that, just now, and got a number of hits.
http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/diabetes/pancreasdiabetes.cfm
But that's the closest it gets to what your mom's doc said.
Perhaps he uses google too. yikes.5 -
Me and my good friend Ben & Jerry's are currently trying to gather enough evidence to answer this question.31
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Right in line with your heart only does so many beats?8
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I've heard the pancreas wears out theory, but usually that's how T2D progresses. You become so insulin-resistant that it is working overtime to make extra insulin to keep blood glucose down that it eventually just stops making insulin. That's different from a lifetime limit on sugar that it can handle, of course. I wouldn't necessarily assume the doctor really said that, though, as patients often get things twisted and don't ask questions. (My parents are getting older and when I try to get a straight answer about what the doctor said it can be really frustrating, especially when they don't ask questions because they are embarrassed about being confused or some such.)5
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trigden1991 wrote: »
n=2 offers twice as many data points as n=1.10 -
Sounds like at best a gross oversimplification.
Bear in mind it's what you think your mother thinks the doctor said. The difference between that and what the doctor actually said may be considerable.11 -
CattOfTheGarage wrote: »Sounds like at best a gross oversimplification.
Bear in mind it's what you think your mother thinks the doctor said. The difference between that and what the doctor actually said may be considerable.
Good point!0 -
trigden1991 wrote: »
n=2 offers twice as many data points as n=1.
*looks around*
data points. Road map. Just a matter of time, my friend.1 -
Who knows.. My Uncle has type 2 diabetes and his main form of food over the years consisted of sugary items, lots of lollies/candy and jam/jelly on just about everything! He has never been overweight in the slightest.
He's in hospital right now after having half his leg amputated.1 -
I read this somewhere recently too. Can't remember where.
It sort of makes sense. What I read also discussed how some people will have a lower limit of sugars that they can handle which is where the genetics come into it. It also would help account for people who are not overweight when they develop insulin resistance.
I ate more sugar than average is my guess. I was also not overweight when I developed IR. Maybe a bit - I was around 160-165 lbs at 5'8". A size 12.0 -
CattOfTheGarage wrote: »Sounds like at best a gross oversimplification.
Bear in mind it's what you think your mother thinks the doctor said. The difference between that and what the doctor actually said may be considerable.
I agree. This sounds to me like a conversation that started, "Think about it like this...."1 -
Insulin resistance and sugar metabolism ares complicated by genetics, exercise, and other nutritional factors. Really good to read about, and get some basic understanding of these various factors and proven (epidemiologically) the best ways to prevent Type 2 diabetes (diet and exercise are at the top of the list).0
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Christine_72 wrote: »Who knows.. My Uncle has type 2 diabetes and his main form of food over the years consisted of sugary items, lots of lollies/candy and jam/jelly on just about everything! He has never been overweight in the slightest.
He's in hospital right now after having half his leg amputated.
I'm sorry, that sucks
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Christine_72 wrote: »Who knows.. My Uncle has type 2 diabetes and his main form of food over the years consisted of sugary items, lots of lollies/candy and jam/jelly on just about everything! He has never been overweight in the slightest.
He's in hospital right now after having half his leg amputated.
I'm sorry, that sucks
yeah, but he knew what he was doing, his doctor warned him of what would happen if he continued on the way he was, But he thought he would get away with it. He is the first person in our family to develop diabetes, he is also the only one who had a severe sweet tooth... So make of that what you will.0 -
I'm Type II and I call BS. There are a lot of factors that feed into the disease. For me it was a little bit genetics, being obese, and having Gestational Diabetes in back-to-back pregnancies. All of these things increased my risk. In fact, having GD almost DOUBLES your risk, and in the case of GD the culprit behind the issue is the placenta.
So yeah, that doesn't make much sense to me at all. But I'm not a doctor...1
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