does eating too much sweets cause diabetes?

[jackson6612]

Most people say that eating too much sweets doesn't cause diabetes. But it can cause obesity which in turn can cause type 2 diabetes.

I say, eating too much sweets and carbohydrates can cause diabetes. Sweets are full of sucrose. The carbohydrates are immediately broken down into glucose when eaten and quickly enter the bloodstream. That means eating too many carbohydrates and sweets at once cause pancreas to release larger than normal amounts of insulin to regulate high blood sugar levels. When these types of foods are consumed on a regular basis, pancreas would become over-worked and would ultimately fail to function properly. This would lead to diabetes. Am I correct?

[mith]

There's types of diabetes, for example type 1 is not induced, white type 2 might be.

[victor]

I ever read an article that when pancreas (the beta-cell) is forced to synthesize so much insulin, they will die slowly because too many reactive oxigen species inside those cells. I think it's because of they overmetabolze the insulin.

[biohazard]

I thik the prevailing opinion among most of the researchers is that the type I diabetes is an autoimmune response towards pancreatic beta cells. The reason for this is unknown, but could be e.g. certain viral infections that today happen too late in a child's life, rendering them susceptible to autoimmunity - however, the underlying mechanisms are complex, since a small portion of people develope type I diabetes, despite most of (the Western) people live in fairly similar environments. Genetics surely plays a part. However, as far as I know, sweets - or the sugar in them does not.

What comes to type II diabetes, again, it's not the sugar (/sweets) itself that causes the disease - rather, it's a combination of life style aspects, where sugar is one cause due to its tendency to make people obese - and obesity in turn is a major risk factor for type II

People can develop both types of diabetes without excessive use of sugar.

[raghda]

we can suffer from diabetes if all the glucose amount is absored once .but the fact that the rate of absortion of glucose is 1gm/1kgm body weight/1hour . so the amount of glucose in blood depend on weight ,this mechanism protect our pancrease

[mcar]

Regulation in eating sweets is important. Eating does not means it will cause the disease--it enhances the effects of the disease. Genetic factors play a role why diabetes is evident.