Is too much sugar directly responsible for diabetes mellitus type 2?

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Is too much sugar directly responsible for diabetes mellitus type 2?To avoid sugar after the onset of diabetes mellitus is well known... but could avoiding sugar before the onset of the disease reduce the occurence of the disease... if so whats the pathophysiology....
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-xBethx
No not at all, unless eating too much sugar is the main cause of obesity, and obesity can cause type 2 diabetes.
read this, if u havent already
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes

i hope that helps!!!

-leanne
There is no such thing as diabetes mellitus type 2

Fact
Diabetes mellitus is also known as type 1 diabetes, also you do not have to avoid sugar if you have type 1. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease and is not caused by eating too much sugar, if you reduce the amount of sugar you eat it makes no difference to the disease other than you will have better control but once you have type 1 you will have it for life and is only treatable by insulin injections

Fact
type 2 diabetes mainly effects adults and is brought on by bad diet, obesity, lifestyle etc, you should reduce you weight and diet. type 2 is usually treated by diet only and tablets

Im not sure where you get the well known fact for your statement above, must be in the place where all the people go that know nothing about diabetes

-goldie_10_99
Avoiding sugar won't stop the onset of diabetes. While to much sugar isn't good for anyone, the diabetes factor is different. High blood sugar causing diabetes is the result of the pancreas not producing enough insulin.

-German Shepard
No, too much sugar is NOT responsible for diabetes. And after the onset of type 2 it is important to reduce carbohydrates, sugar just happens to be one. It is just as important to watch how much rice or potatoes or white bread or milk is consumed as it is sugar.

Also "Fully" needs to work on her facts and stop going to "that place where all the people go that know nothing about diabetes" because her "facts" are wrong! She may be a type 1 diabetic but that does not make her an expert on diabetes.

Type 2 is a type of diabetes mellitus and is not brought on by bad diet, obesity, lifestyle etc, but is a genetic or hereditary disease.

-Madona
There are several ways to test:

1) A simple urine test will give an indication for howhigh your blood sugar is.

2) They can do a resting blood sugar test to see how high your sugar is.

3) They can do a Hemoglobin A1C to see on average, how high your sugar has been.

Symptoms of diabetes include: Weight loss, irritability, sudden poor eyesight, insatiable thirst, leg cramps when you lay down, horrid pain in your kidneys, increased urination

Helpful answer below. Diabetes - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment of Diabetes - DIABETES Blog

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