A dietician with Trust Hospital and Clinics has said the intake of sugar does not cause diabetes but a failure in the body’s system.
Wise Letsa explained that it’s the inability of the body system to process and use up the end product of energy given foods we take in, is what amounts to diabetes.
“The fact is that it is not the mere intake of sugar that will give you diabetes. But then when you are diabetic, because the body is not able to absorb or take up the sugar, if you eat a table a table sugar, your blood level can rise.”
“So no matter where the sugar is coming from, whether as a breakdown product of the food you eat or from the fruit or from the table, that should not be the cause of diabetes,” he told Nortey Duah on Joy FM's Ultimate Health, Sunday.
Notwithstanding, Mr Letsa advised non-diabetics to limit their intake of sugar since a high intake of sugar can indirectly lead to glucose intolerance which will then lead to diabetes.
“We are aware that too much sugar can make you store the excess of fat and that can indirectly lead to glucose intolerance and diabetes,” he stated.
Mr Letsa said although the system needs the starchy foods such kenkey, fufu, etc “it is all about working the right proportions and also about eating them with some roughage and fibre.”
Clarifying what he meant by sugar in his expression, said, “a lot more education should be done on the situation so that people get to know that sugar is a chemical component but then that is the name we give to the one we put in food...but then the fact is that, when we eat out kenkey, our fufu and all that, they are broken down to become sugar that is what the body actually uses through other processes to energise itself."
Latest Stories
-
Let’s prioritize research quality in higher education institutions for industrial growth-Prof. Nathaniel Boso
4 hours -
Herman Suede is set to release ‘How Dare You’ on April 24
8 hours -
Heal KATH: Kuapa Kokoo, Association of Garages donate 120k to support project
8 hours -
KNUST signs MOU with Valco Trust Fund, Bekwai Municipal Hospital to build student hostel
8 hours -
The influence Ronaldo has on people, Cadman Yamoah will have same on the next generation – Coach Goodwin
9 hours -
Gender Advocate Emelia Naa Ayeley Aryee Wins prestigious Merck Foundation Awards
10 hours -
South Africa bursary scandal suspects granted bail
10 hours -
Ecobank successfully repays $500m Eurobond due April 18
10 hours -
Re: Doe Adjaho, Torgbui Samlafo IV, call for Unity among Paramountcies in Anlo
10 hours -
Extortion and kidnap – a deadly journey across Mexico into the US
10 hours -
Rihanna says fashion has helped her personal ‘rediscovery’ after having children
11 hours -
Development Bank Ghana targets GH¢1bn funding for commercial banks in 2024
11 hours -
Shatta Movement apologises to Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled after backlash
11 hours -
Sammy Gyamfi writes: Tema-Mpakadan Railway Project; A railway line to nowhere
12 hours -
Bright Simons: Is the World Bank saving or harming Ghana?
12 hours