Is this due to factors beyond the control of people? ie. genes?
Gene predispositions likely haven’t increased, though perhaps the proportion of people having children with gene predisopositions have.
Ultimately, it’s due to people with lifestyles that our bodies are not designed for and not moving/exercising enough, with a small amount due to family history/genetic reasons.
I’m pretty sure it’s primarily changing diets that include way more carbohydrates, combined with lifestyle changes like increasing use of automobiles. I have Type 1 (the far less common autoimmune version, which is really about the opposite of type 2 with some overlapping effects) and the amount of carbs in typical American meals blows me away.
Type 2 is essentially insulin tolerance (called resistance), like one gets to psychoactive drugs with repeated intake. People eat such an insane amount of carbs (not just sugar, but rice, potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca) that their bodies have to release a flood of insulin to try to maintain glucose levels… and after a while it just stops working as well. The thing is Type 2 can be managed pretty well simply with low carb or keto diets but most people aren’t willing to make that change to their food intake.
There have also been signs that Covid has caused / can cause organ damage throughout the body, including the pancreas and that there was a noticeable trend of folks getting diabetes after Covid. While I’m sure lifestyle and diet will do a lot of heavy lifting in taking the blame in these discussions, endocrine disrupters, environmental pollutants, and Covid are likely not insignificant contributors to the increase in diabetes.
Is this due to factors beyond the control of people? ie. genes?
Gene predispositions likely haven’t increased, though perhaps the proportion of people having children with gene predisopositions have.
Ultimately, it’s due to people with lifestyles that our bodies are not designed for and not moving/exercising enough, with a small amount due to family history/genetic reasons.
I’m pretty sure it’s primarily changing diets that include way more carbohydrates, combined with lifestyle changes like increasing use of automobiles. I have Type 1 (the far less common autoimmune version, which is really about the opposite of type 2 with some overlapping effects) and the amount of carbs in typical American meals blows me away. Type 2 is essentially insulin tolerance (called resistance), like one gets to psychoactive drugs with repeated intake. People eat such an insane amount of carbs (not just sugar, but rice, potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca) that their bodies have to release a flood of insulin to try to maintain glucose levels… and after a while it just stops working as well. The thing is Type 2 can be managed pretty well simply with low carb or keto diets but most people aren’t willing to make that change to their food intake.
There have also been signs that Covid has caused / can cause organ damage throughout the body, including the pancreas and that there was a noticeable trend of folks getting diabetes after Covid. While I’m sure lifestyle and diet will do a lot of heavy lifting in taking the blame in these discussions, endocrine disrupters, environmental pollutants, and Covid are likely not insignificant contributors to the increase in diabetes.