Is Sugar to Blame For Diabetes?

Is Sugar to Blame For Diabetes?

by Dr. Michael Harbison

(Health Secrets) Sugar itself is not the cause of diabetes, but too much processed sugar undoubtedly is. Of course Type one diabetes, the form of diabetes that some people are born with and requires insulin from an outside source, is not caused by processed sugar. On the other hand Type two diabetes, the type so prevalent today, is a likely result when children or adults suffer from metabolic syndrome that includes weight gain. In this form of diabetes, processed sugar is the central player. Too many years of repeatedly taxing your pancreas to release insulin for balancing your soaring blood sugar levels can cause it to wear out and not function as it should. Here’s how it works. Read More.