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What will be the effects on a person with diabetes type ii if that person eats food that contains sugar?
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Bad effects: Diabetic patients are not supposed to eat sugar. Their sugars can go up and they have have severe dehydration or may go into severe acidosis and coma.
Answered 12/9/2013
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