“Can you get diabetes from eating too much sugar?”

Yes, you may have a high risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Probably not. Sugar intake is not the cause of diabetes in most cases. Non the less you should be careful of your intake of them. They do add calories and to many calories can cause wt. gain and being over wt. can cause insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes. Remember what St. Paul said 2,000 yrs ago "be temperate in all things" . Good advice even today or maybe especially in todays world. Yes you can eat too much sugar. These are empty calories that do you no good except to satisfy your "addiction" so ease off gradually and eat sugary things only in a sensible manner, not in excess.

If the sugar leads to obesity, then that can certainly cause diabetes. Diabetes is only one of the risks associated with poor diet. Please consider reducing sugars and eating healthy foods to reduce your lifetime risk of heart disease and a variety of cancers.