if excessive sugar made you fatter, why some diabetes patients is skinny?
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It’s not caused exclusively by excessive sugar, but excessive sugar consumption definitely doesn’t help.
That’s not how sugar, diabetes or English works. There’s no way to answer your question because you’re starting off on a false premise.
Excessive energy intake (calories/kilojoules) is the primary cause of weight gain, not sugar.
There are two types of diabetes.
Type 1 diabetics are unable to make enough insulin, and that often lead them to being underweight.
Type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant, and the majority of them gain weight because of that insulin resistance, though there are some that are of normal weight.
There are two types of diabetes. The first (Type 1) is a genetic disorder, where your immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in your pancreas. Type 2 is developed by poor lifestyle choices (unhealthy eating, lack of exercise, etc).
*(There are more factors that can cause Type 2 diabetes, a list which can be found* [*here*](https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-causes.html)*.)*
Insulin helps blood sugar enter the body’s cells so it can be used for energy. Insulin also signals the liver to store blood sugar for later use. Blood sugar enters cells, and levels in the bloodstream decrease, signalling insulin to decrease too.
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>With too little insulin, the body can no longer move glucose [sugar] from the blood into the cells, causing high blood glucose levels.
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>If the glucose level is high enough, excess glucose spills into the urine. This drags extra water into the urine causing more frequent urination and thirst. This leads to dehydration, which can cause confusion.
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>In addition, with too little insulin, the cells cannot take in glucose for energy and other sources of energy (such as fat and muscle) are needed to provide this energy. This makes the body tired and can cause weight loss.
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>If this continues, patients can become very ill. This is because the body attempts to make new energy from fat and causes acids to be produced as waste products.
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>Ultimately, this can lead to coma and death if medical attention is not sought. People with type 1 diabetes will need to inject insulin in order to survive.
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Type 1 vs type 2. Type 1 is unpreventable and uncurable no matter your weight. Type 2 (most of the time) is from being a fat lazy piece of shit. I’m sure there are exceptions to this but generally speaking. Type 2 people give it to themselves with far out warning signs they don’t care about. But hey, everybody is beautiful 😉
Insulin is the mediator bringing excess caloric energy and turning it into fat cells.
Type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant, meaning they need much more blood insulin to push the sugar into the cells for energy usage. This excess circulating insulin grabs the caloric energy turning it into fat at a greater rate than a non diabetic person.
Understand that insulin is the mediator of energy into fat cells, type 1 diabetics don’t make enough insulin to survive. They generally only inject what’s needed based on counting carbohydrates consumed to maintain a balanced blood sugar level without having excess insulin floating around in the bloodstream. This keeps them generally thin.
Type 1 diabetics generally are not also insulin resistant.
The problem is that diabetics can’t bring sugar from their blood into their cells. Once you eat, glucose goes into your blood (blood sugar rises), but you aren’t actually using it as fuel until you bring it into your cells
They are essentially starving
Here’s a good analogy: you’re in a log cabin freezing in the winter and you need to build a fire to keep warm and not die.. there are trees and good lumber EVERYWHERE outside of your cabin, BUT every piece is too big to fit through your door/into your fireplace. Without diabetes, you have a saw to cut the pieces, bring them in and use them to keep warm. With diabetes, you have no tools to chop those logs down and you freeze
The metabolism is really, really complicated. People like to simplify it to gain a sense of control, but there are many, many mechanisms controlling how digestion and blood chemistry come together.
Some people’s bodies get a lot of energy out of the food they eat, others less. Some people’s bodies store lots of excess energy in fat cells, some only a little. So two people could have similar diets and very different weights.
Excess sugar may not make you fat. High blood sugar is dangerous, so there are many mechanisms to prevent this. One is the kidneys dumping glucose out of the blood straight into the urine. Diabetes was once diagnosed by the doctor tasting the patient’s urine to check for sweetness! If you go to a party and eat a lot of dessert do you gain five pounds the next day? Nope, but you can bet your urine is coming out like store-brand soda.
Similarly, a diabetes patient might be taking their medications properly, eating right, exercising, and maintain a good weight, but their liver might be dumping glucose into the blood stream and raising A1C anyway. Not their “fault”.
So there are a lot of factors at play, it’s not just a two or three part formula.
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