<i>&quot;Sugary foods neither &#x27;give people&#x27; nor cause Type 2 diabetes&quot;</i><p>High Sugar Consumption Linked To Type 2 Diabetes <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medicalnewstoday.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;257108.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medicalnewstoday.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;257108.php</a><p>&quot;For a while the association between sugar consumption and type 2 diabetes was thought to solely relate to weight gain, but new research conducted at UC San Francisco indicates that sugar intake may also be directly linked to diabetes.<p>...<p>&quot;This suggests for the first time that not all calories contribute to diabetes risk in the same way.<p>...<p>&quot;Diabetes rates increased the longer a population was exposed to excess sugar and it decreased when sugar availability went down.<p>...<p>&quot;Mation Nestle, PhD, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, said:<p>&#x27;As far as I know, this is the first paper that has had data on the relationship of sugar consumption to diabetes. This has been a source of controversy forever. It&#x27;s been very, very difficult to separate sugar from the calories it provides. This work is carefully done, it&#x27;s interesting and it deserves attention.&#x27;<p>...<p>&quot;A previous study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified a similar association, revealing that added sugar and high fructose corn syrup may contribute to the development of obesity and diabetes.&quot;