Quote Originally Posted by 'Tasty',index.php?page=Thread&postID=63838#post638 38
Anyone know if you can get diabetes from drinking too much softdrink?
well first things first. type 1 could affect anyone, pretty much, if they are genetically predisposed. Altho most people get it in childhood or early puberty (It can occur at any age though)
Your immune system normally creates antibodies designed to attack bacteria etc. As this can be classed as an auto-immune disease, it is suggested that in a person suffering from Type1D, the immune system creates antibodies that attack parts of your pancreas (stopping insulin production). There is often a trigger such as a virus involved and you usually you have to be genetically predisposed to the disease.
Although I think that the exact conditions to get type1D is still not fully understood.
Typ1D = nothing to do with softdrinks


Type2D on the other hand is almost always (there have been some very rare exceptions) a direct result of obesity and malnutrition.

To answer your question tho: a bit of yes, but mostly NO.

NO because it is not a direct cause of diabetes. If you otherwise eat a relatively health diet, do some exercise, are not overweight etc, then no, even eating lots of sugar regularly will not cause it.
It wont help matters, if you are overweight, do no exercise etc but it is not a direct cause. It only is a cause in the sense that it will add to your calorie intake, weight and malnutrition (if that is all you eat) which in turn can cause diabetes. But as such, no.

So if you are overweight, do no exercise, and apart from a sugar obsession, don't eat healthily, then yes it may cause it, and you should stop taking in as much sugar, look into a good diet and exercise routine, loose some weight and then, if you wish to carry on with it, begin your sugar obsession again^^ (although not entirely recommended)

That's all I know on it so myself so I hope i haven't made some silly mistake. Pls correct me if I'm wrong