What is the cause of Type 2 diabetes?
July 1, 2009 · Filed Under Diabetes
therealhungryheifer asked:
My ***** research team, the Google, has brought me back some conflicting data.
My grandmother, and ex-nurse, claims the cause is sugar intake.
My school issue Health textbook blames obesity.
I’m not sure who to believe, so I’ve decided that people I don’t know, and have no way of trusting, will divulge the answer to me.
Is there anyone that does know what the cause is?
My ***** research team, the Google, has brought me back some conflicting data.
My grandmother, and ex-nurse, claims the cause is sugar intake.
My school issue Health textbook blames obesity.
I’m not sure who to believe, so I’ve decided that people I don’t know, and have no way of trusting, will divulge the answer to me.
Is there anyone that does know what the cause is?
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It is purely a diet problem. Most people who have type two are alcoholics. Alcohol is spoiled sugars.
When you excessively use an organ (pancreas) then it tuckers out and doesn’t work anymore, as opposed to moderating and using organs little by little.
Look up the physiology of the pancreas, it will help you to understand why excessive refined sugar intake, fast food, fried foods, dairy, alcohol, coffee, and other unnutritious foods make the pancreas not work anymore.
The cause of type 2 diabetes is complex. Sugar intake is most definitely NOT one of the factors leading to the development of type 2 diabetes. The genetics of type 1 diabetes is well established. In twin studies if one twin develops type 1 diabetes there is a 50% probability that the other twin will develop type 1 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes the genetics is stronger but we have not the slightest idea what genetic markers are involved. Pathophysiologic changes take place for a good decade before glucose rises and a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is made. By the time of diagnosis approximately 50% of the insulin producing cells in the pancreas have died and the rate of death of these cells accelerates after diagnosis. After ten years most type 2 diabetics are on insulin. At the time of diagnosis however – despite the loss of 50% of the insulin producing cells – the type 2 diabetics insulin levels may actually be above normal and this is a factor leading to the accelerated death of the remaining beta cells in the pancreas. There are also alpha cells in the pancreas which ‘read’ the glucose level and tell the beta cells how much insulin to produce. In type 2 diabetes the alpha cells are typically dysfunctional. The liver has enormous stores of glucose and in type 2 diabetes the liver releases its glucose stores in appropriately. There is also a substance called glucagon that increases blood glucose levels and is generally increased in type 2 diabetes. The muscles are the primary cells which utilize glucose and in type 2 diabetes these cells develop a resistance to insulin so that the pancreas must produce more insulin as noted above to overcome this resistance. There are also factors in the gastrointestinal tract that do not work properly in type 2 diabetes. The stomach tends to empty too quickly and this increases hunger. There are cells referred to as incretin mimetics which are produced in response to a meal but their release is blunted in type 2 diabetes. There are more factors involved but that should give some idea as to the complexity of the problem. It is amazing to me that given how complex the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes is that at this time we have medications that allow me to bring a diabetics glucose into the same range as that of a non-diabetic. This decreases the most common risk associated with diabetes – premature cardiovascular disease – but ‘normalizing’ glucose does not reduce the risk to the same as that of a non-diabetic. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and may God Bless.
Diabetes risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes include:
Overweight or obesity. Having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more
Heredity. Having a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes
Ethnicity Being of African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Pacific Islander or Latino American descent
Gestational diabetes
A history of gestational diabetes, or having at least one baby weighing more than 9 pounds at birth
Hypertension. High blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or higher
Poor cholesterol profile. HDL cholesterol (“good” cholesterol) levels of 35 or lower and/or triglyceride levels of 250 or higher
Inactivity. Living a sedentary lifestyle (i.e.,exercising less than three times a week)
Being an older adult. Approximately 18.4% of Americans over age 65 have type 2 diabetes
Having diagnosed prediabetes
It is not caused by sugar intake. The main causes are: Heredity,poor diet, obesity, lack of exercise, and I suppose old age. I think most are caused by lifestyle.
What causes diabetes?
And the answer is:
Health care providers do not yet know what causes diabetes. The following factors may increase your chance of getting diabetes:
Family history of diabetes
African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian-American race or ethnic background
Being overweight
Age (Chances increase with age)
Taking certain medicines
Being pregnant*
*Pregnancy puts extra stress on a woman’s body that causes some women to develop diabetes. Blood sugar levels often return to normal after childbirth. Yet, women who get diabetes during pregnancy have an increased chance of developing diabetes later in life.
Type 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it. In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40.
Nuts prevent type 2 diabetes
There was great excitement in the press very recently when researchers from Harvard studied more than 83,000 women and found that those who reported eating a handful of nuts or two tablespoons of peanut butter at least five times a week were more than 20 percent less likely to develop adult onset (type II) diabetes than those who rarely or never ate nuts. Type II diabetes develops when the body cannot properly use insulin. The women had been followed for up to sixteen years. The speculation is that the results apply to men as well as women. It’s not only the “good” fat in the nuts that work on heart health. The fiber and magnesium in nuts help maintain balanced insulin and glucose levels
And I would like to thank the Academy!!
Your Granny is not correct. But then again if you continuely eat poorly and get overwweight it is the main cause of type 2 Diabetes.