Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet?
I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.
New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
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Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Candy has probably gotten larger and easier to eat. Like compare a peppermint to stuff like peppermint M&Ms.
No - in general shrinkflation is a thing - and it tends that things peaked 20 to 30 years ago. Many junk food items are larger than when they hit the shelves but substantially smaller than their peak sizes.
I don’t think candies and ice cream today are particularly less healthy than they were 50 years ago
Compared to 50 years ago, portions are larger and, based on little more than my personal impression, stuff has gotten softer and easier to eat.
Larger packages tend to be have shrunk some, but like there's "shareable" M&Ms or whatever by the register, in a much bigger package than decades ago.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#13Really confused as to how processed meats lead to an insulin resistance disease. Also, I thought refined carbs have similar glucose index as their non-refined counter parts, so how would adding more insulin inducing foods be beneficial? And how come the grand daddy of insulin spikes, sugar, isn't a factor?
The non-refined versions may release as much glucose, but they don't do it all at once. Also the fiber that they contain is good for you.
Processed meats contain a LOT of salt. Salt doesn't cause diabetes, but it does cause water retention and high blood pressure, so is bad for people with diabetes.
As for sugar, they are on the list of foods they examined. What they found is that we're eating more French fries, so that turns out to be a bigger factor in practice.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#14Really confused as to how processed meats lead to an insulin resistance disease. Also, I thought refined carbs have similar glucose index as their non-refined counter parts, so how would adding more insulin inducing foods be beneficial? And how come the grand daddy of insulin spikes, sugar, isn't a factor?
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-causes-insulin-resista... Inflammation leading to glucose accumulating in the bloodstream.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#15I've been suffering from hypoglycemia for a good part of my life, and recently the episodes have started to become a bit more frequent (a bad hypoglycemia episode is like an incredibly horrifying panic attack). Trying to figure out WTF is going on with me has been daunting, everyone tells me to eat more sugar or more complex carbs which just seems to repeat the cycle. No one wants to test me, or knows what to test me for, and right now I'm fighting to get a CGM so I can tie things with a food diary. Everything seems to revolve around food, but it's hard to figure out what's "bad food".
Curious if anyone has had something similar.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#16I've been suffering from hypoglycemia for a good part of my life, and recently the episodes have started to become a bit more frequent (a bad hypoglycemia episode is like an incredibly horrifying panic attack). Trying to figure out WTF is going on with me has been daunting, everyone tells me to eat more sugar or more complex carbs which just seems to repeat the cycle. No one wants to test me, or knows what to test me…
I don’t know if this helps at all but there’s some ways to get a GCM from the private industry without needing a prescription, such as Nutrisense. I paid about $150 a month for it though.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#17Really confused as to how processed meats lead to an insulin resistance disease. Also, I thought refined carbs have similar glucose index as their non-refined counter parts, so how would adding more insulin inducing foods be beneficial? And how come the grand daddy of insulin spikes, sugar, isn't a factor?
The glycemic index has always been a fringe concept amongst researchers.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#18Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet? I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.
It's not universal, my mother is pre-diabetic, has a good diet, and isn't overweight.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#19Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet? I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.
Re: New study: 70% of type 2 diabetes cases linked to food choices
#20This seems to be saying fast food hamburgers are a much bigger cause of type 2 diabetes than the soda. Not what I assumed, though does reflect those I know with type 2 diabetes now that I think about it. The journal article breaks it down semi geographically, and call Western Europe and North America "high income countries." Probably a better term than "Western countries," but looks out of place between "Central/East…
I remember back then I heard a theory (didn't validate) that either sugar or fat is fine but consuming both at the same time is bad.