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[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Glucose is only bad in the same way oxygen is bad. I think you need to rewatch your lecture.

Diabetics don't have a problem with too much glucose they have an issue with too little insulin or insulin resistance

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Too much glucose is a great way to get diabetes.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 32 minutes ago

As is an autoimmune disorder

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Kind of? Getting fat and eating too much regularly are great ways to get diabetes, and sugar is a great way to get fat.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Sugar is also acidic. Not enough to kill you, but that's why ketoacidosis kills people. It also increases blood viscosity, making it pump harder and causing hypertension. Plus, it causes chronic inflammation, which calcifies triglycerides in your blood to form clots.

Sugar has tons of negative effects.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

On the flip side, you require a steady supply of glucose into your cells to live.

Also I'm not gonna look it up to confirm but that ketoacidosis explanation sounds like a grave misunderstanding of what it is.