Can a High-Carbohydrate Diet Cause Diabetes?
Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at
3:25 pm
Ray asked:
I know that carbohydrate will be converted to glycogen (sugar) and stored in body. For this reason, if I eat a lot of carbohydrate, ie. the food groups at the base of Pyramid Food Guide, will I possibly increase sugar for myself? ANd consequently, will I have diabetes because of high-carb diet?
: I eat a lot of high-sugar fruits too though, eg, grapes, tangerine, pears, apple. My diet is low around 1,200-1,500 calorie and my eating habit is irregular.
I know that carbohydrate will be converted to glycogen (sugar) and stored in body. For this reason, if I eat a lot of carbohydrate, ie. the food groups at the base of Pyramid Food Guide, will I possibly increase sugar for myself? ANd consequently, will I have diabetes because of high-carb diet?
: I eat a lot of high-sugar fruits too though, eg, grapes, tangerine, pears, apple. My diet is low around 1,200-1,500 calorie and my eating habit is irregular.
And if I exercise regularly, will my sugar decrease due to burning of energy for use during exercise?
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A high-carb diet rich in simple carbohydrates that causes you to gain weight could contribute to insulin resistance and diabetes. Make sure you balance your carbohydrate intake with carbs that have a lower glycemic index. They won’t cause such a high spike in your blood sugar. These are typically complex carbs, not the white carbs.
Fats. Particularly fats in dairy products seem to have a stronger link to insulin resistance than anything else. If you have a genetic predisposition to type two diabetes, then being overweight, not exercising, and poor diet will do more toward becoming diabetic than eating carbs.
Having too high blood glucose too often can overwork your pancreas. The pancreas has to work too hard to produce enough insulin to compensate for the high blood glucose, and eventually “poops out” (is no longer able to produce enough insulin anymore). Type 2 diabetes occurs when either there is too much fat on the blood cells, so the insulin can’t do its job, or the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin.
Yes, exercise will help to decrease your blood sugar level.
Ray, there are only 2 ways to become a type 2 diabetic:
a. There MUST be a pre-disposition to it (the genetic factor) , because your not aware of someone in your family having it doesn’t mean the gene hasn’t been passed along. Many people go undiagnosed or not tell other family members, so no one knows for sure that it doesn’t run in their family.
AND
Something environmental must trigger the disease, the usual suspects are”
a. Obesity
b. A lifetime of poor eating habits
c. A lifestyle with not enough exercise.
The answer to the last part of your question is yes, exercise will burn off excess glucose.