One nutrition expert says that sugar clogs the system and interferes with the working of the living machine - the body.

The Diabetic Societies of Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines admit that they don’t yet have all the answers, but they state that heredity, along with overeating - especially sugar and refined sugar products - increases your chances of having a high blood sugar. The extra sugar in the diet causes stress to the pancreas, and that could well lead to diabetes.

One thing we do know is that eating sweets and sugary foods does increase the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. A normal, healthy body can cope with a certain amount of sugar. But if you already have a hereditary tendency toward diabetes, if you are obese or physically inactive or have high blood pressure, or if your pancreas has been weakened by any of the possible causes mentioned above, eating that extra sugar may be hazardous to your health.

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In rare circumstances, a person may also become diabetic because of other serious stresses on the body. Whenever the pancreas is damage by infection or injury, there is a possibility of diabetes developing. Certain drugs may cause damage which will result in diabetes. Alcoholism may also cause an inflammation of the pancreas which could lead to the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells.

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There is a third kind of diabetes, though it is much less common than types 1 and 2. It is called gestational diabetes because it begins during pregnancy, which doctors call the gestational period.

If a woman has someone in her family who already has diabetes, she is a more likely candidate for gestational diabetes. If she is over 30 years old, and specially if she is overweight, she has a greater chance of developing diabetes during her pregnancy.

Pregnancy is a time of additional stresses to the human body. The body may fail to produce enough insulin to meet the need during this time. Approximately one percent of all women may develop symptoms of diabetes during the last half of pregnancy.

In 98 percent cases, the diabetes will go away once the baby is born. However, a woman who has developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy will most likely develop it again during later pregnancies. She also has a higher chance of developing diabetes later in life.

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