Posted on 05/30/2023 6:41:22 AM PDT by dennisw
Let's not sugar-coat it: Pakistan has the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, data suggests Both the US and UK both ranked significantly lower, despite several risk factors READ MORE: These maps show how obesity rates have TRIPLED in past 40 years
Americans might get a hard time for their high-sugar diets, but the US isn't even in the top 50 worst countries for diabetes, data shows.
And despite Britons having a notoriously sweet tooth, the UK doesn't rank among the worst 100 countries when it comes to rates of the disease.
Figures compiled by Our World In Data, using data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), analyzed the percentage of diabetic people between ages 20 and 79 in 211 countries.
Pakistan topped the list, with about 31 percent of the population having the condition, followed by French Polynesia, a cluster of islands in the South Pacific (25.2 percent) and Kuwait (24.9 percent).
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The major risk factor for T2DM [2 diabetes mellitus], although it is a multifactorial disease, is a positive energy balance, mainly due to increased energy intake and reduced physical activity, resulting in overweight and obesity. It is not sucrose or other dietary sugars per se but elevated circulating FFAs due to excessive body weight that induces IR in skeletal muscle and the liver, resulting in hyperglycemia and providing the first steps in the development of T2DM. Although current data from observational studies provide evidence that SSBs are linked to T2DM, controlled intervention studies with the highest level of scientific evidence did not show any effects of SSBs on glycemic control under isocaloric conditions. Therefore, the effect of SSBs on T2DM seems to be mediated by excess energy intake. However, there are still open research questions in the field of dietary sugars and T2DM. For example, current data from observational studies clearly show that sucrose and other dietary sugars are not associated with the risk of T2DM, whereas SSBs [sugar-sweetened beverages] are.
Fact: Eating sugar [itself] does not cause diabetes. When you eat carbohydrates – which include sugary foods and starches – they are digested into glucose (also called sugar). Glucose is the body’s primary energy source. Glucose levels in your body are regulated by hormones; insulin lowers glucose and glucagon raises it. Diabetes is caused by an impairment in insulin secretion and/or function. Type 2 diabetes is associated with being overweight or obese, as the latter affects insulin resistance. It also occurs more frequently in certain ethnicities, and has been linked to high cholesterol and high blood pressure. A healthy diet is one that is rich in plant-based foods and lean meats, is low in saturated fats, and limits salt and sugar, especially regular sodas, juices, and other drinks that contain sugar. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/health-matters/myth-buster-dishing-the-details-on-diabetes
You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are not physically active and are overweight or have obesity. - https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes
Food with sugar and fat combined is a leading problem, along with eating due to the clock and or driven by love of food along with inactive lifestyle, vs. only eating when needed for energy, and normally only as much as presently needed, and keeping fat calories low.
Why would people living in the sunny equatorial region need to "take" vitamin D? Aren't their bodies producing it?
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