Can you get diabetes from this?

I drank a LOT of soda today. Like 5 or 6 cans of sprite and then 2 medium orange Fantas from Burger King. I don't usually drink much if any soda on a daily basis. I was just wondering if eating like this for a day can result in getting diabetes? Or would it take much longer? Thanks :)

There are two primary causes of diabetes:

1) a long-term diet that has been high in carbohydrates and
2) nutritional deficiencies.

Your body breaks down carbohydrates into sugar (glucose) which then enters your blood stream. The more carbohydrates you eat, the higher your blood sugar goes. In response, your body produces insulin. Insulin's job is to push the blood sugar into the cells.

On the surface of the cells in your body are insulin receptors, which act like little doors that open and close to regulate the inflow of blood sugar.

After many years of consuming a high-carbohydrate diet, your cells have been bombarded with so much insulin that these doors begin to malfunction and shut down.

With less doors open, your body needs to produce even more insulin to push the glucose into the cells. More insulin causes even more doors to close and as this vicious cycle continues, a condition called "insulin resistance" sets in.

The insulin resistance can get so bad that your body can no longer produce enough insulin to push the blood sugar into the cells. The blood sugar then rises out of control resulting in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is simply an extreme case of insulin resistance.

Drinking that much soda will not cause diabetes, but drinking that much soda for many days, might. No one really knows what causes diabetes, but they do have some very good clues. Like being caused mostly by being overweight (for type II diabetes.)

Just do yourself a favor - don't make drinking that much soda a habit!

I think no, to be diabetes very complexs...genetic factor, history famili, risk factor etc.....but follow good lifesttyle

You will not get diabetes from a day of soda drinking. You'll have a super high blood sugar and maybe a tummy ache, but that's about it. Just try not to make a habit of it. =)

no way, not one day, even if you drank pop all day.

Uh, yeah...a little longer. LOL

that wont hurt u just make sure u dont like drink like 15 of those everyday lol :)

May be or may not according to family history from diabetus to have type one on early age or late for type 2 :


Causes of Type 1 Diabetes:
Autoimmune response: For unknown reasons, in some people the immune system mistakenly destroys the insulin producing cells (called beta cells) in the pancreas. It is thought that some people inherit genes that mistakenly tell the body to recognize its beta cells as foreign invaders; then, when one gets the flu or some type of virus, as the body is busy killing the foreign virus, it also kills its own beta cells because it mistakenly thinks the beta cells are invaders as well. Researchers have learned that there are certain types of gene combinations that predispose some people to type 1 diabetes.
Oxygen free radicals: These are formed as a by-product of chemical reactions in the body, from exposure to smoke, air pollution, diet, and other things. Some researchers believe that oxygen free radicals could contribute to the destruction of pancreatic cells.
Chemicals and drugs: There are certain rare drugs that can cause diabetes.
It is unlikely that genetics or environment alone cause diabetes. But likely a person could inherit a genetic susceptibility; then, exposure to some environmental factor might trigger the development of diabetes.

In Type 2 Diabetes, either the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or the body does not respond appropriately to the insulin (called insulin resistance).

Causes of Type 2 Diabetes:
Genetics: Researchers aren't sure how, but some people inherit the genetic tendency to diabetes. Genetics is more common in type 2 than in type 1. If a person with type 1 has an identical twin, there is a 25 to 50 percent chance that the twin will develop diabetes; if a person with type 2 diabetes has an identical twin, there is a 60 to 75 percent chance that the person will develop diabetes. Certain cultures have more diabetes: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.
Insulin resistance: Researchers are still looking for the cause of insulin resistance, but in essence either there are not enough receptors on the cell, or the receptors aren't responding properly.
Aging, obesity, and lifestyle: Obesity is much more common in diabetes, and there may be a genetic cause for obesity. We know from recent results of the Diabetes Prevention Trial that lifestyle changes (modest weight reduction and moderate regular exercise) can prevent the development of type 2 diabetes in some people. Age is also a factor, partly due to the fact that as people age, they might become more overweight and more sedentary, although that is not always the case; some people simply inherit the defect that causes their pancreas to decrease insulin production as they age. While statistics report that 7% of the U.S. population has diabetes, those numbers rise to up to 20% of people over age 65 have type 2 diabetes.
Gestational Diabetes is diabetes that occurs in 3-5% of pregnant women. Just like the other types of diabetes, the exact cause is unknown.