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Giving Myself Diabetes?
19/F Sometimes, I eat way too much sugar in one sitting. What would it take to give myself diabetes? Not that I want to. Like, how much would I have to eat in one sitting and how often? Take into consideration that I am at an average weight.
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If you like sweetness, eat plenty of sweet fruits, not processed foods with added sugar.
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, am learning to cook, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
More on vitamin B12
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Good luck!
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Type 2 diabetes isn't really solely about how much sugar you eat. Someone with diabetes might have eaten just as much sugar in their life as someone the same age who doesn't have diabetes.
Genetics play a huge factor, but even more important are other health factors like being overweight and inactive, or having high blood pressure. Those are the larger contributors to developing diabetes than the amount of sugar you consume.
(Type 1 is a different deal - some people are just born with it. It doesn't seem to be dependent on lifestyle or health factors. You just have it, the way you have brown eyes.)
Developing type 2 diabetes is not terribly well understood, but simply eating a lot of sugar isn't gonna do it. It might contribute to you developing diabetes (especially if you have other risk factors: like family members who have diabetes, or if you are overweight...) but it's not Too Much Sugar = Diabetes.
If you stay active and otherwise healthy, and just eat a shit load of sugar - you'll probably get cavities - but you'll only be increasing your risk of diabetes slightly. The other triggers play a much bigger part. If you have other risk factors - like a family history and poor health - then you should talk to your doctor and eat better. If you don't - you should probably eat better anyways - but it's unlikely you'll 'give' yourself diabetes. You'll have about the same risk as anyone else with no family history and no other health issues - which is a small risk.
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