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0 pointspcorsaro3y ago0 comments

That's not what this person is saying. "Big glucose spike(s)" actually are the cause of diabetes. The more regular spikes a person has, the more resistant to insulin they become, which is where type 2 diabetes starts. The point of the comments I believe was just to say that certain foods cause different responses in different people. If plantains cause a large spike in a person, I would say that person should probably not eat them every day all the time.

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dubswithus3y ago

> "Big glucose spike(s)" actually are the cause of diabetes. The more regular spikes a person has, the more resistant to insulin they become, which is where type 2 diabetes starts.

People who don't have diabetes or pre-diabetes spike. But I hardly see a body of work that suggests that everyone is at risk of diabetes.

> If plantains cause a large spike in a person, I would say that person should probably not eat them every day all the time.

People from South America eat them every day and they aren't linked to diabetes as far as I know.

jrvarela563y ago

> People who don't have diabetes or pre-diabetes spike. But I hardly see a body of work that suggests that everyone is at risk of diabetes.

The problem is consistently exceeding a certain level of blood sugar for extended periods of time. I think this is how you develop insulin resistance.

> People from South America eat them every day and they aren't linked to diabetes as far as I know.

I am from Panama, where we eat a lot of plantains. That's why I decided to test because it's a staple and I would have never put it in the same category as other carbs (bc I thought they had enough fiber to counter).

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