Eating Too Much Sugar Causes Diabetes - Is it Really True?

Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? Everyone has heard it, and we all know that doctors and nutritionists tell people to watch their intake of sugar once they are diagnosed with diabetes, but is it fact or fiction that eating too much sugar causes diabetes?


Well, the truth is, we don't really know for sure what causes diabetes. So, I would really have to say that eating too much sugar causes diabetes is fiction. Does that mean you should go ahead and eat your heart out and down chocolate cake by the pound and ice cream by the carton? Of course not; that is just not nutritionally sound, but eating too much sugar is just too simple a "solution" to a more-complicated issue.


So, if eating too much sugar is not a cause of diabetes, what is? Well, diabetes is a disease in which your body improperly deals with insulin or does not make enough of it for some reason. Although the medical community does not know precisely why that happens, there are risk factors that are clearly identifiable.


• Being overweight.
• Being underactive or inactive.
• Having a parent or sibling who has the disease.
• Having gestational diabetes.
• Being diagnosed with "pre-diabetes."
• Having given birth to a bay that weighed over 9 pounds.
• Having a poor diet.
• Getting older. Right now, the "magic age" seems to be 45. Risk increases as we age.
• Having high blood pressure


So, even though the answer to the question "Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes-fact or fiction?" must be "fiction," lifestyle choices definitely make a difference in whether or not you will be likely to be diagnosed with high blood sugar. Make wise choices; stick to a healthy eating plan; do what you can to avoid all diseases, including diabetes.


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