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Health Consequences of Early Exposure to Sugar
From NIH News in Health, newsinhealth.nih.gov
Experts recommend that kids eat no added sugars before age 2. Yet most kids are exposed to adde...
Understanding the sudden rise of type 2 diabetes in children
In type 2 diabetes, the body struggles to use insulin effectively. This vital hormone, made by beta cells in the pancreas, helps glucose in the bloodstream enter cells in muscle, fat and the liver, where it’s used for energy. But sometimes those cells gradually lose their ability to respond to insulin, forcing the beta cells to pump out more and more of it. If the beta cells can’t keep up, blood glucose levels will begin to rise, leading to a diagnosis of prediabetes and, eventually, diabetes.