Even though diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the Western world, there is very little information known about what causes it.
Unfortunately, even if you are very careful about your diet, you may still wind up with diabetes later on in life.
That said, you should also be aware that some suspected diabetes causes can be eliminated or managed to a point where you will have very few problems if you do end up with Type II Diabetes.
High Fructose Corn Syrup and Processed Sugars As you may be aware, almost every type of refined sugar goes through your stomach very quickly.
If you drink a lot of soda, or eat a lot of canned fruit and sugary snacks, you will almost always create an immediate overload on your system.
In order to try to cope with this load, your pancreas will emit a short acting insulin.
When you wear out the cells that produce this insulin type, your blood sugar levels will go abnormally high after meals.
Even though dieticians insist that people can, and should eat a minimum of 60 - 75 grams of carbohydrates at each meal, your body may not be able to manage this type of load.
This alone can cause a person to wind up with full-blown diabetes without even realizing what is happening.
Stomach and Liver Disorders Today, many medications used to treat diabetes focus on the liver.
Oddly enough, when your blood sugar levels go low, your liver will covert stored fat into glucose.
Typically, the signal to start this process is sent by your stomach.
If something is wrong with your stomach, it may continually send chemical signals to your liver to add more glucose to the blood.
As may be expected, this can drive your blood sugar up regardless of what you eat.
At the same time, it will also put an excessive load on your pancreas.
Viral and Bacterial Infections Although researchers have to do more work on this, it is suspected that a virus may attack the pancreas and cause damage to insulin producing cells.
Strangely enough, it may take well over 10 years before the virus causes enough damage to be noticeable.
It would not be surprising to find that stomach viruses and bacteria also cause certain kinds of damage that lead to an inability to send correct signals to the liver.
We may even find that these pathogens commonly exist in foods with a large amount of sugar in them.
As you may be aware, glucose is also the main food supply for all kinds of micro-organisms.
Over the years, many people have wondered about what causes diabetes.
In order to arrive at the correct answer, it may be necessary to evaluate all of the complicated interactions that play a role in the digestion of glucose.
As with many other things, we many even find that there are many causes, as well as combinations of causes that will cause a person to become diabetic.
Unfortunately, even if you are very careful about your diet, you may still wind up with diabetes later on in life.
That said, you should also be aware that some suspected diabetes causes can be eliminated or managed to a point where you will have very few problems if you do end up with Type II Diabetes.
High Fructose Corn Syrup and Processed Sugars As you may be aware, almost every type of refined sugar goes through your stomach very quickly.
If you drink a lot of soda, or eat a lot of canned fruit and sugary snacks, you will almost always create an immediate overload on your system.
In order to try to cope with this load, your pancreas will emit a short acting insulin.
When you wear out the cells that produce this insulin type, your blood sugar levels will go abnormally high after meals.
Even though dieticians insist that people can, and should eat a minimum of 60 - 75 grams of carbohydrates at each meal, your body may not be able to manage this type of load.
This alone can cause a person to wind up with full-blown diabetes without even realizing what is happening.
Stomach and Liver Disorders Today, many medications used to treat diabetes focus on the liver.
Oddly enough, when your blood sugar levels go low, your liver will covert stored fat into glucose.
Typically, the signal to start this process is sent by your stomach.
If something is wrong with your stomach, it may continually send chemical signals to your liver to add more glucose to the blood.
As may be expected, this can drive your blood sugar up regardless of what you eat.
At the same time, it will also put an excessive load on your pancreas.
Viral and Bacterial Infections Although researchers have to do more work on this, it is suspected that a virus may attack the pancreas and cause damage to insulin producing cells.
Strangely enough, it may take well over 10 years before the virus causes enough damage to be noticeable.
It would not be surprising to find that stomach viruses and bacteria also cause certain kinds of damage that lead to an inability to send correct signals to the liver.
We may even find that these pathogens commonly exist in foods with a large amount of sugar in them.
As you may be aware, glucose is also the main food supply for all kinds of micro-organisms.
Over the years, many people have wondered about what causes diabetes.
In order to arrive at the correct answer, it may be necessary to evaluate all of the complicated interactions that play a role in the digestion of glucose.
As with many other things, we many even find that there are many causes, as well as combinations of causes that will cause a person to become diabetic.