Shay
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The unique thing about this situation is that Addison's disease usually causes LOW blood sugar, but diabetes is HIGH blood sugar. The two diseases together contradict what the situation should be.
Addison's disease can be the cause of the person being 20 pounds under weight.
Diabetes can happen to anyone and is not always related to being over weight. Type 1 diabetes would also cause weight loss.
If the person has developed type 1 diabetes, then it makes a little more sense because type 1 diabetes happens for a different reason than type 2 diabetes.
With Addison's disease, the adrenal glands produce too little of the hormone cortisol and often insufficient levels of aldosterone as well.
With type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is not producing insulin, which is also a hormone.
So, Addison's disease and type 1 diabetes are both related to the ability to produce certain kinds of hormones.
This would be a great question for the person's doctor.
Andy C
Fructose.
Too much fructose causes liver mitochondrial cells to back up with waste (ROS) that causes liver dysfunction.
The liver is very central to the endocrine system. Dysfunction there causes subsequent dysfunction of other organs, in this case the pancreas (diabetes) and the adrenal glands (Addison's)
In short, sugar caused this.
Additionally, too much fructose AKA sugar, HFCS, honey, nectar, juice, molasses, maple syrup and white flour products (most breads, crackers and pastas) caused liver dysfunction ALSO prevents the hormone leptin from stopping hunger, so one overeats and the excess calories get stored in the subcutaneous fat tissue.
In summary, sugar and other sources high in fructose are poisonous over time and in quantity...FOR EVERBODY.
This person was just a little more sensitive to the hormonal chaos caused by eating it.
YOU ARE AT RISK IF YOU CONSUME SUGAR, ETC. ON A REGULAR BASIS (like 90% of the US & UK).
kevin
No clue