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by 462436347 838 days ago
> Elevated glucose is exactly what causes type 2 diabetes. Take away the glucose supply, and you don't have elevated insulin. Fear of glucose that is too high too often is entirely justified and is not something that should be going on if people can avoid it. Sugar molecules are damaging to cells and are related to other things like cardiovascular calcification.

No, it doesn't: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6602127/

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Reread that article. It has literally nothing to do with cause and effect. The study finds an association between intramyocellular lipids and insulin resistance, and has absolutely nothing to say about whether diabetes is caused solely by glucose dysregulation or something else.