ELI5. If you eat a butt-load of sugar at once (think 10 cadbury creme eggs worth), is a single instance enough to trigger type 2 diabetes? If it’s not, why can the body handle that much sugar sometimes, but eventually it causes type 2 diabetes?

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ELI5. If you eat a butt-load of sugar at once (think 10 cadbury creme eggs worth), is a single instance enough to trigger type 2 diabetes? If it’s not, why can the body handle that much sugar sometimes, but eventually it causes type 2 diabetes?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance. Think of it like how when there’s a loud humming noise you eventually stop hearing it because you just get used to it. That will never happen with a single loud burst of noise. If the loud noise is continuous and loud enough, you will stop perceiving it while it continues to destroy your hearing and making you unable to handle normal noises appropriately anymore.