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Two slices of ham a day can raise type 2 diabetes risk by 15%, research suggests
(www.theguardian.com)
Looks like here come da 'betus, cause I love ham.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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Eat a bunch of fiber, and you can kind of still eat stuff that's bad
High calorie easily digestable food causes blood sugar to spike and then crash.
Eat some beans (not covered in sugary bbq) and it'll stay in your stomach all day being slowly digested and slowly putting sugar in your blood.
I think a big part of American diet is we dont really do "sides", especially the low calorie high fiber ones.
My eating habits changed forever after dating a Korean. Banchan is a great way to get a variety of vegetables in a meal.
Yeah, it's a side effect of wanting to show wealth.
When we do have sides, they're usually fried, drenched in a sugary topping, or just carbs and cheese.
Pick any other type of historical diet, and the sides was what filled up the plate. Because the protein source was the most expensive. But because Americans always think more expensive means better, we supersized the protein and replaced all the cheap healthy stuff.
Making food both more expensive and also unhealthy.
I really thought with Covid and the recession we'd see a return to beans and rice as a staple. But people are still getting fast food burgers, fries, and a liter of cola.
We're literally spending more to get worse food on a national scale, and I have no idea why.
TWO HAMS WILL KILL HIM?
two hams will fill him?
TWO HAMS WILL KILL HIM!
This isn't really my field so I'm unknowledgeable, isn't sugar the main thing that's causing diabetes?
I think this is an old myth that keeps circulating. According to the Mayo Clinic, "In type 2 diabetes, there are primarily two problems. The pancreas does not produce enough insulin — a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into the cells. And cells respond poorly to insulin and take in less sugar."
The lack of 'functional' insulin would be more accurate, I think.
My first thought on reading this was "who has that kind of access to ham? I'm kind of jealous."
I guess I shouldn't be jealous.
Deli ham is pretty cheap in the US.