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minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoPlus, sugar became so ubiquitous that its in everything. People consume more than they might think. Nearly every big brand food has sugar from breads, to frozen meals, and of course loaded into various drinks.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI wondered why Europeans kept calling American bread cake until I looked at the ingredients on your average pseudo-wheat loaf of bread. High fructose corn syrup is like the third ingredient. Followed closely by “cellulose filler,” aka, sawdust.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoSugar doesn’t cause diabetes. Diabetes affects your ability to process sugar but sugar is not the cause.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoBut sugar does contribute to obesity, which influences diabetes.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoMore likely obesity is an inevitable consequence of diabetes and the diet that leads to it.
Plus, sugar became so ubiquitous that its in everything. People consume more than they might think. Nearly every big brand food has sugar from breads, to frozen meals, and of course loaded into various drinks.
I wondered why Europeans kept calling American bread cake until I looked at the ingredients on your average pseudo-wheat loaf of bread.
High fructose corn syrup is like the third ingredient. Followed closely by “cellulose filler,” aka, sawdust.
Sugar doesn’t cause diabetes. Diabetes affects your ability to process sugar but sugar is not the cause.
But sugar does contribute to obesity, which influences diabetes.
More likely obesity is an inevitable consequence of diabetes and the diet that leads to it.