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Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050 (www.statnews.com)
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The world has failed to understand the social nature of diabetes and underestimated the true scale and threat the disease poses.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never considered the lack of %DV. That really is wack as fuck.

It's not just the sugar content either, the type of sugar matters a great deal. High fructose is much worse than the same quantity of glucose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even if it was the "good" sugar, most food items in North America contain multiple days worth of sugar in a single serving. Most people eat multiple servings at once.