{"id":469,"date":"2015-08-06T15:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T10:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.1mg.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2017-09-25T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T06:04:22","slug":"can-eating-sweets-cause-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/can-eating-sweets-cause-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Can eating sweets cause diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/diabetes_sweets-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-473\" title=\"Can eating sweets cause diabetes?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/diabetes_sweets-2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Can eating sweets cause diabetes?\" width=\"634\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>By Dr. Pankaj Agarwal, Consultant Endocrinologist,\u00a0Hormone Care and Research Center,\u00a0Ghaziabad<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The common misconception is that eating sugar causes diabetes. This is not entirely true.<\/li>\n<li>Type 1 Diabetes occurs when the body&#8217;s immune system attacks the insulin producing cells in the pancreas and destroys them. It occurs mostly at a very young age.<\/li>\n<li>Type 2 Diabetes is more common and usually occurs in adulthood.<\/li>\n<li>In Type 2 Diabetes, the body isn&#8217;t able to use insulin in the right way. This is called insulin resistance. As type 2 diabetes gets worse, the pancreas may make less and less insulin leading to insulin deficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Eating sugar has nothing to do with developing Type 1 Diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>Intake of sugary drinks should be limited to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>One of the biggest risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes is being overweight, and a diet high in calories from any source contributes to weight gain.<\/li>\n<li>It is the high calorie content and not the sugar that leads to insulin resistance and diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>When taking sweets remember that all sweets are not alike. Some have sugar alone and hence contain lesser calories and are safe to eat.<\/li>\n<li>Sweets containing high khoya content, ghee or oil are high in calories and hence more fattening. These sweets are more likely to result into insulin resistance in long term leading to diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>Sweets are bad because of calories contained in them.<\/li>\n<li>Serving sizes make a difference. When you\u00a0include sweets in your meal, have one chapatti instead of two or have a smaller serving of rice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mgdoctors.com\/doctor\/dr-pankaj-9d3080c201\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to book an appointment with Dr. Agarwal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-473 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/1mgarticles.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/diabetes_sweets.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"1mg\" title=\"Can eating sweets cause diabetes?\" width=\"634\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[91,99],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-diabetes","tag-diet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can eating sweets cause diabetes? - Tata 1mg Capsules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The common misconception is that eating sugar causes diabetes. 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