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What you think is the cause of diabetes Type 2

HICHAM_T2

HICHAM_T2

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Type 2
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I hope everyone will share with us
Because in fact a very important question may be able to avoid one of them in this disease We are almost similar in symptoms
But the reasons may and may not be the same
For example, I had diabetes after a severe electric shock It may seem strange to you, but this is probably because of extreme fear
I was very scared You are becoming sick ?
 
I think firstly its a genetic disposition to diabetes that we have and then its an environmental factor which brings it on....

some environmental factors can be extreme like your electric shock....

how severe was the shock....?
 
novorapidboi26 said:
I think firstly its a genetic disposition to diabetes that we have and then its an environmental factor which brings it on....

some environmental factors can be extreme like your electric shock....

how severe was the shock....?
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She was very serious some moments like years
 
hichamgsm said:
Ask more know more
I hope everyone will share with us
Because in fact a very important question may be able to avoid one of them in this disease We are almost similar in symptoms
But the reasons may and may not be the same
For example, I had diabetes after a severe electric shock It may seem strange to you, but this is probably because of extreme fear
I was very scared You are becoming sick ?
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Are you asking about Type 2 diabetes or Type 1 diabetes? They are not the same.
You need to make this clear in the title of your thread.
 
I was pre-diabetic before becoming full blown diabetic (T2) so within a year it happened and I was tested the year before when I think I was pre-diabetic and was told my the chemist the reading was OK (I had my test done at the chemist and not the doctors, I think if I had been tested at the doctor I would have been warned so I could have possible prevented getting full blown diabetes). On my mother's side diabetes is common so I don't know if mine was because of genetic factors or my lifestyle.
 
carina62 said:
I was pre-diabetic before becoming full blown diabetic (T2) so within a year it happened and I was tested the year before when I think I was pre-diabetic and was told my the chemist the reading was OK (I had my test done at the chemist and not the doctors, I think if I had been tested at the doctor I would have been warned so I could have possible prevented getting full blown diabetes). On my mother's side diabetes is common so I don't know if mine was because of genetic factors or my lifestyle.
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For me, I think my lifestyle was wrong, which increased the risk of diabetes
Since my work requires sitting on the chair all day and I was eating sweet drinks
Most daily spend in front of computer This is a psychological disorder
 
Mine was discovered after a routine life MOT at surgey however in 2007 I did have the head of the pancreas removed & the surgeon did say that there could be a remote chance of diabetes as the head does not produce the insulin but the body of. Operation in 2007 diagnosed 2015 - 8 years so just to me something that happened. I am 71 now & I run at least twice a week & walk daily most weeks.
 
For me, it was a combination of factors:

-- Genetics: Father, paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother were Type 2 diabetics, my mother probably too, though never diagnosed.
-- Work-related chronic stress and lack of sleep (often as little as 2 to 4 hours of sleep per night) for a period of about 15 years
-- Diet: I actually thought drinking lots of fruit juice was healthy.
 
For me it was also a combination of factors I think.

No genetic involvement.
12 months of intensive high stress due to cancer diagnosis, treatment and side effects of treatment.
12 months of eating foods I thought would help with the cancer treatment such as energy drinks, bananas, cranberry juices etc.
12 months of comfort eating due to above, involving chocolate and table sugar.
 
I believe in genetics Eating too much is two main reasons we have in our holi book Eat and drink, and do not waste. I"No man fills a container worse than his stomach. A few morsels that keep his back upright are sufficient for him. If he has to, then he should keep one-third for food, one-third for drink and one-third for his breathing."
 
My opinion is that today, "we don't yet know what causes Type 2 diabetes."

In many cases it is associated with being overweight/obese, bad diet, lack of exercise, lack of sleep, stress, and so forth. The body becomes "insulin resistant" and the pancreas produces more and more insulin, to help convert food carbohydrates into energy. Because of the insulin resistance, this becomes a vicious circle. If the condition is untreated the pancreas eventually becomes "tired" and produces less insulin.

But we still don't really know how the causation works. Some of the things that many diabetics have (too much weight for instance) could be in part, or even wholly, the result of their diabetes (or the result of their predisposition to diabetes). Or, perhaps, the causation works in both directions in a sinister spiral.

There is also a genetic factor.

Me? I've always been thin. But I was eating a lot of carbohydrates, not taking enough exercise, and was about 10 kilos above my "normal" weight for a very-thin person, even though the usual medical scale (the "BMI") showed that I was supposedly not overweight. I am in a high-stress job (a "work-feast-or-famine" home business) and sometimes go through periods when I do not sleep well, or get up very early to finish an urgent project.

I have one first cousin who has been a Type 1 diabetic since her teenage years, and another first cousin who developed Type 2 diabetes in his late 30s. Both of these cousins have never been overweight, and one of them (the one with Type 2) is in a very physically active job. He has to work really hard to control his A1C because if he ever becomes insulin-dependent, he will lose his job.

Barring some revolution in medical science, I will never know what "caused" my diabetes. Maybe (probably??) if I had eaten properly and exercised more, I would never had developed the disease. But I cannot know for sure. I live in America, and believe me, every day I see people walking around who are grossly obese, are eating much worse than I did, and never take any exercise. Most of them don't develop diabetes.

This is just my non-scientific "two cents" as they say here in America.
 
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I've always been under the impression it was caused by years of inactivity coupled by a terrible diet - but thanks to this forum/website my impression has changed somewhat. I may be partly correct for some but there appear to be other causes.

If I never found this site, I would probably still think it was solely caused by inactivity and poor diet.
 
Grateful said:
My opinion is that today, "we don't yet know what causes Type 2 diabetes."

In many cases it is associated with being overweight/obese, bad diet, lack of exercise, lack of sleep, stress, and so forth. The body becomes "insulin resistant" and the pancreas produces more and more insulin, to help convert food carbohydrates into energy. Because of the insulin resistance, this becomes a vicious circle. If the condition is untreated the pancreas eventually becomes "tired" and produces less insulin.

But we still don't really know how the causation works. Some of the things that many diabetics have (too much weight for instance) could be in part, or even wholly, the result of their diabetes (or the result of their predisposition to diabetes). Or, perhaps, the causation works in both directions in a sinister spiral.

There is also a genetic factor.

Me? I've always been thin. But I was eating a lot of carbohydrates, not taking enough exercise, and was about 10 kilos above my "normal" weight for a very-thin person, even though the usual medical scale (the "BMI") showed that I was supposedly not overweight. I am in a high-stress job (a "work-feast-or-famine" home business) and sometimes go through periods when I do not sleep well, or get up very early to finish an urgent project.

I have one first cousin who has been a Type 1 diabetic since her teenage years, and another first cousin who developed Type 2 diabetes in his late 30s. Both of these cousins have never been overweight, and one of them (the one with Type 2) is in a very physically active job. He has to work really hard to control his A1C because if he ever becomes insulin-dependent, he will lose his job.

Barring some revolution in medical science, I will never know what "caused" my diabetes. Maybe (probably??) if I had eaten properly and exercised more, I would never had developed the disease. But I cannot know for sure. I live in America, and believe me, every day I see people walking around who are grossly obese, are eating much worse than I did, and never take any exercise. Most of them don't develop diabetes.

This is just my non-scientific "two cents" as they say here in America.
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I totally agree there are many reasons so far we can not know which one
 
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