Re: Off Topic post dealing with Diabetes

 

I don't have an opinion as to causation but being a diabetic, I can say for
certain
that the over consumption of diet drinks and artificial sweetners does in
fact
raise my blood glucose levels. It doesn't seem to matter what kind of
sweetner.
Prior to being diagnosed as diabetic, I never used artificial sweetners, so
at least in
my case there was no causation.

The long chain alcohols used to sweeten sugar free candy is no better than
cane
sugar as far as the effect on blood glucose levels, the packaging for these
products
encourage their use by diabetics, when in fact they are dangerous.

For true blood sugar control, one must stay away from "all" refined grain
products,
most rice, all potatoes, eat only raw or what to most people would be
undercooked
starchy vegatables- if it is white, spit it out. Even 9 of 10 whole wheat
breads on the
market are padded with sugar and refined flours to the point of making their
use for
blood glucose control useless.

substituting one poison ( in this case artificial sweetners) for another is
just asking for trouble.

As a side note th eworst thing I can eat is a banana

basilisk

 wrote:
 >People who use artificial sweeteners are heavier, more likely to have

... people who are heavier are more likely to drink artificially sweetened
foods?  


... ALL sweet tasting things bind to "sweet" receptors on the tongue and that is
what
stimulates insulin.  Doesnt matter what the sweetness is.  However, non caloric
sweeteners dont contribute a form of carbohydrate that has calories.  


 Recent epidemiologic studies

... the population of people they selected "dietary intake using prospective data
from 9514 participants (age, 45 to 64 years) enrolled in the Atherosclerosis
Risk in
Communities (ARIC) study." are obviously already at risk for diabetes, perhaps
due to
already having metabolic syndrome and probably high blood pressure.  According
to the
scientists " These prospective findings suggest that consumption of a Western
dietary
pattern, meat, and fried foods promotes the incidence of MetSyn, whereas dairy
consumption provides some protection. The diet soda association was not
hypothesized
and deserves further study." The diet soda association was not hypothesized and
deserves further study." The diet soda association was not hypothesized and
deserves
further study."
 
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