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A salty twist: Diabetes risk study says french fries are a culprit (www.nbcnews.com)
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Weekly servings of boiled, baked or mashed potatoes weren’t associated with an elevated risk of Type 2 diabetes — but french fries were.

Craving french fries? Dunking your spuds in a deep fryer might be a recipe for elevating your risk of Type 2 diabetes.

According to a study published Wednesday in the journal BMJ, swapping out your weekly dose of frites for boiled, baked or mashed potatoes could lower your risk of this chronic condition.

The authors examined the diets of more than 205,000 adults in the U.S. who responded to questionnaires about what they ate over nearly four decades. Among those who consumed potatoes, the authors looked at which people developed Type 2 diabetes, a disease that leads to persistently high blood sugar levels.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

highly logical

Sure, but it's not the whole story, since people can eat massive amounts of carbs and sugar. Entire populations have lived very healthy lives on 90%+ starchy foods. It's other factors as well. Fats for example can inhibit the muscles from taking in sugars, changing the resulting insulin response.

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You are absolutely right, and your grasp of the nuance is well appreciated. Our bodies seem to function best on either, in no particular order

  1. carbs and protein
  2. fats and protein

Mixing all three seems to cause problems.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 2 months ago

Fat and Carbs is the real problem, due to the randle cycle (not a cycle) cross inhibition this causes excessive amounts of inflammation.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Let's be real, mixing all three in excess is causing problems. But of course it's not necessary easy to limit intake on modern society.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

It's also entirely possible that mixing all three results in excess. Our bodies have satiety signals that can be dysregulated.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 2 months ago

not easy, but very much worth it.