Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem in this country – fueled by
a poor diet, lack of exercise, and the ever expanding rate of
obesity. For obvious reasons, most people would like to prevent
this disease and its many complications. Since blood sugars are
high in people with diabetes, it’s natural to assume that sugar
is the “bad guy”. Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? Can
Eating Sugar Cause Diabetes: The Two Types of Diabetes There are
two types of diabetes, and each has a different cause. In type 1
diabetes, insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed.
Since insulin escorts glucose into cells, the resulting lack of
insulin causes glucose levels to rise in the bloodstream. In
contrast, people with type 2 diabetes have enough insulin, but
their cells don’t respond appropriately to it, causing them to
become insulin resistant. Either way, diabetics have too much
glucose in their bloodstreams – and not enough inside their
cells. What Causes Diabetes? No one knows exactly what causes
diabetes,