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by TheAdamAndChe 2201 days ago
You don't develop type 2 diabetes from being fat, you develop diabetes from high average blood glucose levels triggering insulin resistance.

Also, what is the pollution you are talking about? From what I understand, lipolysis generates ketones, which at normal lipolytic amounts aren't toxic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes?wprov=sfla1

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> Also, what is the pollution you are talking about?

For example reactive oxygen species.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1865572/

Oh I see now that I read your parent comment completely wrong, you are right. Sorry, thanks for the citation!