Do cows get diabetes

Answer 1

Hey!

So your answer to your question is yes cows CAN get Diabetes! however it is not really heard of that much it is possible. All living breathing things can get diabetes, it is mostly in humans but it can be found in many animals too like cats and dogs, horses, cows and other animals! Anything that eats, drinks, poops etc.. can get it because we all may be different but our bodies all need sugar to function properly. I have a friend who had a cat that was diabetic and they had to give him shots... its sad but its true. He lived to be 18 years old! So animals can get it just like us!

I would say that the more.... um... how would you say.. refined sugars like "treats" you give to an animal it would probrably increase their chances of contracting the disease. For example. it is more commonly found in cats and dogs because we tend to give our cats and dogs lots of treats etc... refined sugars... where as a cow? they get fed corn and other feed that contain a more natural sugar therefore their bodies can regulate their sugars better... hence their pancreas are not out of wack because unlike humans they dont eat lots of refined sugars like us!

Refined sugars are natural sugars, but they are a most concentrated form of sugar because everything else naturally present is extracted. Thus they give our bodies the greatest sugar impact. Remember, simple carbohydrates are broken down quickly. Sugars are a simple carbohydrate. Complex carbohydrates take longer. All of the compounds naturally present in the sweet juice of the sugar cane plant are extracted so that all that is left is a pure sugar. It's great for baking because it doesn't add any other flavors.

In fact, you could make a syrup or even sugar from just about any plant that has a sweet flavor. Corn syrup comes from the sweetness of corn. If you've ever eaten corn raw, then you know what I'm talking about. All of the other compounds naturally present in corn is extracted, leaving only the sugar in a syrup form.

So it is possible for cows or any animal to get diabetes... just not as common as in those that eat refined sugars regularly! I hope that helps.

An important note here is that we're talking about diabetes that develops as a result of the cells of an organism becoming increasingly resistant to insulin. There is also a diabetes that is due to a genetic abnormality or the normal shuffle of genetic traits that just so happens to lend to the development of diabetes. Most of the time when animals get diabetes that do not eat simple carbohydrates all of the time as part of their normal diet, it is because of some sort of condition they were born with where it doesn't matter their diet, they would either be born with or develop diabetes anyway.