"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in part:

The sugar in whole foods comes with fiber, which affects digestion so as to
slow the rise in insulin. The sugar in colas is highly processed and the fiber
has been removed, along with the useful nutrients.

A simple rule--usually right--is that whole foods will be less likely to cause
diabetes than will processed foods.
--
Jim Chinnis  Warrenton, Virginia, USA  jchinnis@alum.mit.edu

wright@clam.prodigy.net (David Wright) wrote in part:

No question about that.
--
Jim Chinnis  Warrenton, Virginia, USA  jchinnis@alum.mit.edu

"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote in part:

For someone who indicated that he was concerned about receiving a diagnosis of
type II diabetes and asked about the advisability of continuing to consume 36
ounces of Coca-Cola each day, I would advise avoiding it.

The high fructose corn syrup in that quantity, regularly consumed, probably
contributes to weight gain and possibly to a variety of physiologic responses
not yet well understood that may lead to insulin resistance and or diabetes m.
There's a reasonable chance that moving down on the glycemic scale may
improves ones odds of developing DM.
--
Jim Chinnis  Warrenton, Virginia, USA  jchinnis@alum.mit.edu

This is irrelevant to the original question. Eating too much sugar
does not cause diabetes. This is such an annoying yet common
misconception, because people confuse cause and effect. People who
have diabetes have high sugar levels in their bloodstream. This is
CAUSED by the diabetes, not the other way around. You won't raise your
blood glucose levels by eating lots of sugar and "become" diabetic.

PF

Ah, but some would say artificial sweeteners still induce insulin
release, causing increased hunger.

Coke does not exactly causes diabetes, but it can certainly contribute.

"Insulin resistance appears to be caused at least in part by inheritance
and in part by high levels of fat -- in the form of triglycerides ...
High levels of triglycerides in the blood ... are not so much the result
of dietary fat as they are of carbohydrate consumption and existing body
fat."  (Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution).

In other words, eating too much sugar and carbohydrates, or just eating
too much, contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes.  But there
is nothing special about Coke.  Pepsi does the same thing. (and
pancakes, honey, bread, etc.)

IMHO, a small amount of coke is not harmful to a healthy person without
diabetes or diabetes predisposition, who is not overweight.  (Like a can
or two per day).  But why not at least switch to the sugar free version?
Almost everyone (except those with PKU disease) would probably be better
off.

Don't inject it intra muscularly and you will be fine.

You see, tech27, this is why you need to work on the ol' anger
management issues.  You have just been trolled.  Now take the hook
out of your mouth and contemplate the fact that if you actually had
a sense of humor, you would not have had to remove the hook.

 -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
    These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
      "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
          were standing on my shoulders."  (Hal Abelson, MIT)

"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote in

You're new here, no?

moo

Hereditary predilection for diabetes is either there or it isn't. It doesn't
matter who gets it when. It's not like AIDS - where it won't be passed to
offspring if the parent was not infected before or during pregnancy.

Are you really that dim?