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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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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

diabetes type 2 if you’re eating such that your blood glucose levels are maintained within acceptable levels

This is the definition of type 2 diabetes.

that doesn’t mean that the reverse is true: that carbs are the direct cause of type 2 diabetes.

Agreed, carbohydrates are a necessary component of type 2 diabetes but are not sufficient by themselves.

we can’t conclude from this information that carbs are the primary cause of diabetes type 2.

I can, in so far as they are a necessary part of developing type 2 diabetes, t2d can be avoided by not consuming them. Type 2 diabetes is a blood glucose condition, there are multiple layers in avoiding that state. Removing carbohydrates is a guaranteed way, but not the only way, to avoid type 2 diabetes.

As far as I'm aware the various factors impacting insulin sensitivity (and thus t2d):

  • carbohydrate load
  • industrial oil consumption
  • fructose consumption
  • inflammation
  • exercise levels
  • carbohydrate and fat consumption : randle cycle inhibition

Though only carbohydrates are necessary for t2d, the other factors may or may not be present