I haven’t denied weight as a factor or too much sugar as a factor, if that’s the term you’re looking for, but even in the article you reference the same issue comes up of moving the goalposts. Eating sugar does not cause diabetes, nor is just eating sugar a factor. Eating large quantities of sugar is a factor. See the difference?
So what I would say to you is that when you say “eating large quantities of sugar is a factor [in developing diabetes]” other people, including me, say “too much sugar can lead to developing diabetes” and mean exactly the same thing.
If you want to be precise, you can qualify phrases like “can lead to” and “cause” and so on with “directly or indirectly” - but to me, without that qualification, they can mean either.
I wouldn’t say that, because I think there is too much room for misinterpretation. But that’s not the thing I replied about and not what I really take issue with. That was, to remind you:
I haven’t denied weight as a factor or too much sugar as a factor, if that’s the term you’re looking for, but even in the article you reference the same issue comes up of moving the goalposts. Eating sugar does not cause diabetes, nor is just eating sugar a factor. Eating large quantities of sugar is a factor. See the difference?
So what I would say to you is that when you say “eating large quantities of sugar is a factor [in developing diabetes]” other people, including me, say “too much sugar can lead to developing diabetes” and mean exactly the same thing.
If you want to be precise, you can qualify phrases like “can lead to” and “cause” and so on with “directly or indirectly” - but to me, without that qualification, they can mean either.
Cheers!
So, not to beat a dead horse, but what we’re saying is that eating sugar doesn’t cause diabetes?
I wouldn’t say that, because I think there is too much room for misinterpretation. But that’s not the thing I replied about and not what I really take issue with. That was, to remind you:
I think that is wrong and likely to be understood as meaning “too much sugar cannot lead to diabetes even indirectly” by most people.
Well I think you’re moving the goalposts and we’re gonna have to agree to disagree.