Diabetes is a complicated enough disease even without all the myths that continue to live on about the disease. One of the most prolific of the myths is that eating too much sugar causes diabetes. It’s easy to see how this myth may have got started, especially before all the research of the recent decades have shed light on what the risks factors of diabetes really are.

The fact is, nobody can say for sure what causes diabetes. Particularly with type 2 diabetes, there may not be a single cause. Eating too much sugar causes diabetes in the same way that eating too much bacon does. There is no question that foods high in sugar content will make a person gain weight if they eat too much of those foods So gaining weight is one thing that eating too much sugar causes. Diabetes type 2 risk factors include being …

The idea that eating sugar causes diabetes is not true. Diabetes is a chronic illness that cannot be “caught” by over consumption of sugar or other foods. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), or type 1, is an automimmune disease of the pancreas that is both hereditary and environmental. This form of diabetes typically manifest during childhood when autoantibodies have destroyed pancreatic beta-cells creating a hyperglycemic state. There are no preventive measures for type 1 diabetes nor a cure.  Type 1 diabetes patients are reliant on insulin for the duration of their lives. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 or adult onset diabetes, is a disease characterized by insulin resistance or deficiency. In development of type 2 diabetes there are a number of factors that can contribute to the likelihood of developing the disease, as well as possible autoimmune and hereditary links that scientists are researching. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented and …