Should we limit the amount of sugar in our lives??

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/type1-diabetes.html
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/type2-diabetes.html
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/Diabetes-Risk-factors.html
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-metabolic-syndrome.html
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-obesity.html

Is this in the T2 section? If not, the wording of the first check box answer should be changed to 'type 2 diabetes' or the thread shifted if that's easier.

The wording of the first answer is slightly misleading, given that T1 diabetes is not caused by sugar intake.

Yes because eating sweat foods tend to lead to people eating a lot of other carbs as well. An experiment was done with "suger free can drinks" and people ate even more food then with the full suger can drinks, but the people drinking water ate the least food.

Jaylee said:

It's Ask a question @GrantGam .

It goes without saying what causes our condition.
However, its also not that clear cut regarding the cause with other types either..

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Most definitely @Jaylee, there are many other variables and circumstances that can lead to the development of T2D.

My point is that sugar doesn't cause T1D and for that reason 'diabetes' is too vague a term for the purpose of this thread's poll.

The person asking the question can word it as they wish. We can answer it or not if we please.
I personally think sugar can be unhealthy and there fore we should limit our use of it whether T1, T2 or non diabetic.

Both answer choices are Yes. More a question of Why than Whether, I think

So, a poll with two answers; "Yes" or "Yes".

Not very balanced, is it?

frankie7488 said:

Whether you're a parent or a teen etc, do you think we are unaware of how much sugar goes in our food? Even breakfast can be a starting place for sugar to be obtained. Some Orange juices contain a lot of sugar. Like I may of said on an post I saw a baby been given the drink coke in its baby bottle, etc but should we keep an eye perhaps add up an average amount of sugar a day we consume???
I suppose if we don't open our eyes we can get symptoms like dizziness...effect our lives.
Perhaps sugar is used too much or perhaps we don't get enough.

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Are you still concerned about diabetes @frankie7488 ? Or is this for a project?

As you might know, the government is introducing a sugar tax but personally I think it's simplistic to lay all the blame at the feet of sugar.

Sugar doesn't cause Type 1 diabetes. That's a myth that's repeated too often. I think there was a recent thread about that on TV.

JohnEGreen said:

I personally think sugar can be unhealthy and there fore we should limit our use of it whether T1, T2 or non diabetic.

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I fully agree John.

The wording of the poll is loose and a bit misleading, type 1 diabetes won't go anywhere on a zero, low or reduced sugar diet. It's there to stay, and the reason I raised concern over the wording in the first place.

GrantGam said:

I fully agree John.

The wording of the poll is loose and a bit misleading, type 1 diabetes won't go anywhere on a zero, low or reduced sugar diet. It's there to stay, and the reason I raised concern over the wording in the first place.

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Neither T2, I have to say. The main difference is that insulin resistance could be mitigated with diet. I've good really good glycemic control but it's because I test my blood glucose level buying the test strips and counting the carbohydrates.
But I know that the beast is lurking in the dark.

Yes I know that injecting insulin is a pain: and because of this I try to control by following a diet, hoping that my T2 stays under control with diet and metformin only.

The question is also misleading because talking only of sugars: sucrose has a GI of 65 and a GL of 7 for a 10g serve when a white bread baguette has has a GI of 95 of and a GL of 48 for a 100 g serve, so one could have a lot of glycemic intake simply eating some bread.

And anyway as I hinted before the answer tio the poll is altredy written in the website... ;-)

If half the T2's on here where by some miraculous means cured over night would that not reduce diabetes among the users on this site. It may not reduce the number of T1s but it would affect the over all number of those with diabetes. Lets not nit pick over a matter of semantics.

JohnEGreen said:

If half the T2's on here where by some miraculous means cured over night would that not reduce diabetes among the users on this site. It may not reduce the number of T1s but it would affect the over all number of those with diabetes. Lets not nit pick over a matter of semantics.

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You're not listening to what I'm saying. Whether you want to or not is another matter.

I'm not nit picking, I'm stating a valid point. There are distinct differences between the progression and development of T1D and T2D. We don't need to discuss the mechanics behind either conditions because we're both well aware, but need to understand that sugar intake does not cause the autoimmune response that ultimately results in T1D. Not to say that sugar is the sole cause of T2D, because we both know it isn't. Given the wording of the poll and that 'option a' focuses on sugar having an impact on the prevalence of diabetes. It's vital that we correctly distinguish the differences between T1 and T2, it's a common misconception that I find annoying.

You might see it as nit picking, but the media is running a mock with bold statements of fact that are nothing more than cherry picked Chinese whispers at best. Both regarding T2 and T1. If we can iron the inaccuracies out on little polls (that have two answers of yes...) on our own forum, then we're going some of the way to sorting out the rest of the internet - and maybe one day, the media

Far too much sugar in foods nowadays, it is shocking. I have a 16 year old, 17 a few months time and I still accompany her to the dentist, it's her wishes. She has never had any teeth removed, never had a filling either and for that alone I am very proud of that fact. In all she eats a well balanced diet, loves tomatoes, cucumber, raw carrots too. But being out and about with friends I know she eats more unsuitable foods now, big bags of crisps, pizza's, sweets, biscuits etc food'. She has never drank full sugar coke or Pepsi, I wouldn't buy it as she was growing up. Most of the time we ,both eat home cooked foods, her favourites this week were, Roast chicken on Sunday, chicken and bacon salad on Monday and a homemade curry on Wednesday. Simple, but wholesome foods, we should tall take care of what we eat, regardless of diabetes. The obesity rate in children has risen (nearly 10% of children in the first year of school) children's teeth : baby tooth removals up by 24% in a decade, both shocking and very sad statistics

First the food manufacturers add the sugar to our food to make it palatable then they sell us the drugs to control the diabetes.

It's like printing money.

I recently tasted some Greek Yoghurt; it was like stepping back in time to when Yoghurt first came out in the UK.

No one was eating it back in the 70s so they added fruit and lots of sugar, now it sells by the billions.

Sugar is a food preservative and I remember eating my first yogurt in the 1960's, Ski yogurt, I know I didn't like it much then, I was about 7 or 8 and it was bought from Woolworths in London.