08/13/2026
Doesnāt sugar cause diabetes? Nope. ā¬ļø
When body mass index (BMI) is accounted for, sugar only increases diabetes risk via its potential to lead to weight gain via excess calories and has no unique diabetogenic effect at physiological levels. (PMID: 27707695)
Even obesity (high BMI) is not correlated with diabetes when toxins are taken into account (PMID: 27574488, PMCID: PMC4991654) and when it causes lipotoxicity. See below.
7 actual causes you rarely hear about:
1ļøā£Mitochondrial Dysfunction: May be a central driver of diabetes by causing insulin resistance and reduced insulin secretion. (PMID: 15662004)
2ļøā£Metabolic Endotoxemia: Gut-derived bacterial endotoxin in the bloodstream alters glucose metabolism due to its toxic and inflammatory effects on cellular and mitochondrial membranes and organs like the liver and pancreas. Diabetes also increases metabolic endotoxemia. (PMID: 28183445, PMID: 17456850, PMID: 21270197, PMID: 19794059)
3ļøā£Toxins (āDiabetogensā): The influence of toxins on diabetes risk is so significant that it could potentially account for most of the diabetes epidemic. (PMID: 27574488, PMCID: PMC4991654)
4ļøā£Thyroid Dysfunction: āThyroid dysfunction and diabetes mellitus are closely linked.ā (PMID: 30649221 PMCID: PMC6507635)
5ļøā£Sleep Disturbances: āThere is compelling evidence of an independent association of such sleep disturbances with the development, control, and progression of disorders affecting glucose metabolism such as type 2 diabetes ā¦ā (PMID: 30138125)
6ļøā£Lipid Peroxidation: Damage to cell membranes by oxidative stress creates 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), which induces insulin resistance. (PMID: 22396448)
7ļøā£Lipotoxicity: Occurs when a personās fat cells reach their limit for storing fat, become enlarged and inflamed, and release inflammatory cytokines and free fatty acids (FFA) into the bloodstream, which raises blood sugar, induces insulin resistance, and impairs insulin secretion in genetically predisposed individuals. (PMID: 16035392)
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