Comments by "Robert A" (@RobertAmer) on "What is diabetes and why are so many people suffering from diabetes in China?" video.

  1. As i see it, most of the diabetes in China, being Type 2, has developed as an onset diabetes in the elderly, who rarely even know they are suffering from this. I believe a lifetime of eating rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner, coupled with the reduced output of the pancreas being age related after a lifetime of struggle producing sufficient insulin, is the root cause. This rice, being hi GI carbohydrates is converted to sugars very quickly, with the body unable to produce enough insulin to absorb it as energy. In China, it is not a result of lifestyle change, or eating fastfood. It can be controlled with a change of diet, lowering the carbohydrate intake.
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