Comment by paulcole
9 years ago
>adult-onset diabetes brought on by eating too much sugar
Genetics is a much bigger component of T2 than sugar intake.
9 years ago
>adult-onset diabetes brought on by eating too much sugar
Genetics is a much bigger component of T2 than sugar intake.
That may be true, but diabetes rates have spiked in the US (and in every country that adopted a Western diet) during the 20th century even though our genetics haven't changed.
That points to the proximate cause being the change in diet, which means we should figure out 1) what changed in our diet and 2) which change led to obesity.