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Refined (processed) carbohydrates are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, many diet related diseases, and Diabetes type 2.

There will be a predisposition if you have obesity and/or a family history of diabetes. Many people who develop diabetes type 2 have both of these risk factors. However, it is possible to develop diabetes type 2 having only one of them, and it is possible (though rare) to develop it without having either of them.

This is one possible progression:

  1. In susceptible individuals, eating refined (processed) carbohydrates can lead to
  2. Weigh gain or obesity which leads to
  3. Insulin resistance which leads to
  4. Pre-diabetes which leads to
  5. Diabetes type 2.

Not all people who develop diabetes type 2 are obese or even overweight. As already stated there may simply be a family history of diabetes type 2 or carbohydrate sensitivity.

Causes of all types of diabetes are unknown, thought to be autoimmune disease. But there are still similarities seen between type 2's including obesity that put one at a higher risk, but obesity does not necessarily cause type 2 diabetes.

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