Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by CEyzaguirre on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @11:34PM
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Because skinny people don't get diabetes right? /s
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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by cperciva on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @11:43PM
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Rates of type 2 diabetes are in the non-overweight population are extremely low.
Skinny people can get type 1 diabetes, but that's a completely different disease -- acquired hypoinsulinaemia, as opposed to hyperlipedaemia. (Note, neither diabetes is essentially about glucose; it just happens that hyperglycaemia is a symptom of both diseases, and Aretaeus didn't know better.)
Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by CEyzaguirre on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:05AM
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The only point I'm trying to make is that blood sugar is culprit of the numerous conditions afflicting wealthy countries, not just obesity. Clearly obesity isn't a neutral variable in this equation.
Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by cperciva on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:13AM
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And my point is that (aside from glycation damage), blood sugar is a symptom of disease, not a cause of disease.
Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by eclipxe on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:09AM
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If only we could figure out a way to not eat foods that increase the amount of sugar in our blood....
Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @04:49PM
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Did you completely ignore the comment you were replying to?