If cane sugar is the worst “natural” sweetener, why was diabetes so rare before the sudden increase of diabetes in the 20th century?

Question

I know around the middle of the 20th century vegetable oils, synthetic sweetener became a thing. But statistic wise doesn’t make sense, even if before it caused tooth problems, but not diabetes.

In: Biology

Answer 1

A long time ago, people didn’t eat as much sugar and candy as we do now. They ate more vegetables, fruits, and foods that weren’t sweet. They also moved around a lot more because they didn’t have cars or TVs to sit and watch.

But now, we have a lot of yummy sweet foods, like candy, cookies, and sodas, and we can buy them easily. We also sit more because we have video games and TV. Eating too many sweet things and not moving enough can make our bodies sick, and that’s why more people have a sickness called diabetes today.

So, even though sugar was around before, people didn’t eat as much of it, and they were more active, so they didn’t get sick as often.

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