Sugar Is the No. 1 Driver of Diabetes and Obesity

The studies that we looked at clearly show that once you hit 18 percent compared to just 5 percent of your total calories from sugar, there’s significant metabolic harms promoting prediabetes and diabetes.” He added, “In fact, there’s a two-fold increase.” What they found was that the added sugars were significantly more harmful. Fructose was linked to worsening insulin levels and worsening glucose tolerance, which is a driver for pre-diabetes. It caused harmful fat storage—visceral fat on the abdomen—and promoted several markers for poor health like inflammation and high blood pressure. http://time.com/3687808/this-is-the-number-1-driver-of-diabetes-and-obesity/