Diabetes is perceived, and often described, as a disease of too much sugar because of too little insulin. However, diabetes should really be portrayed as a disease of too much fat. This is one disease where there is visual proof. Photomicrographs show that fat is hiding insulin receptor sites reducing the ability of insulin to perform its job of converting glucose to glycogen.
Imagine that you are a juror listening to evidence in a courtroom trial to determine the guilt or innocence of animal-source foods and their byproducts, that is, meat, dairy, and eggs in the crime of instigating and perpetuating adult-onset diabetes in humans. Consider the following evidence as cumulative, with each exhibit corroborating another. After a review of the evidence please deliberate and reach a verdict. Then hand your decision to the bailiff.
To underestimate this disease is to underestimate what could happen if a freight train were bearing down on us. To reinforce this point we might consider changing the spelling of this disease to Die-abetes.