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> Isn't this a rationalization borne from the premise that sugar already is everywhere? I don't think our current societies' rush to outlaw everything that's u

> Isn't this a rationalization borne from the premise that sugar already is everywhere? I don't think our current societies' rush to outlaw everything that's unhealthy if used immoderately is a particular high ideal. If weed was introduced into our lives today, it would be made illegal, and it was, and nothing good came out of that. The fact that we'd probably outlaw sugar tells us more about the quality of our political systems than it does about sugar, in my opinion. Sugar and sweets has been a fixture of life for hundreds of years, but two major things have happened: cheap, processed food, which of course is a boon especially to poorer families, but which has way too much sugar to make it taste of anything, and a radical transition in modern lives away from hard, physical work. As long as you burn it off again through physical work, sugar isn't terribly bad for you. It's when you consume hundreds of calories more than you burn every day sustained that the wheels come off.

croon 8y ago
> I don't think our current societies' rush to outlaw everything that's unhealthy if used immoderately is a particular high ideal. If weed was introduced into our lives today, it would be made illegal, and it was, and nothing good came out of that. The fact that we'd probably outlaw sugar tells us more about the quality of our political systems than it does about sugar, in my opinion. No one suggested outlawing anything. > As long as you burn it off again through physical work, sugar isn't terribly bad for you. It's when you consume hundreds of calories more than you burn every day sustained that the wheels come off. There are (at least) some adverse effects: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)31606-4/fulltext https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)31606-4/ful...
gerardnll 8y ago
> Sugar and sweets has been a fixture of life for hundreds of years, but two major things have happened: cheap, processed food, ... As long as you burn it off again through physical work, sugar isn't terribly bad for you. That is an opinion based on 0 studies and ignoring WHO and many other studies that show free sugars are bad for health. Then eat free sugar and call me when you get diabetes. Instead of eating healthy, whole fruits or vegetables you are accustoming your palate to sweet taste, generating rejection for healthy foods. To be honest, I don't see anything good about (high/ultra) processed foods. The only truth here is that yes, ADDED/FREE sugars are something new, which only shows how unnecessary have been for the human race to live.

croon 8y ago

> I don't think our current societies' rush to outlaw everything that's unhealthy if used immoderately is a particular high ideal. If weed was introduced into our lives today, it would be made illegal, and it was, and nothing good came out of that. The fact that we'd probably outlaw sugar tells us more about the quality of our political systems than it does about sugar, in my opinion. No one suggested outlawing anything. > As long as you burn it off again through physical work, sugar isn't terribly bad for you. It's when you consume hundreds of calories more than you burn every day sustained that the wheels come off. There are (at least) some adverse effects: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)31606-4/fulltext https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)31606-4/ful...

gerardnll 8y ago

> Sugar and sweets has been a fixture of life for hundreds of years, but two major things have happened: cheap, processed food, ... As long as you burn it off again through physical work, sugar isn't terribly bad for you. That is an opinion based on 0 studies and ignoring WHO and many other studies that show free sugars are bad for health. Then eat free sugar and call me when you get diabetes. Instead of eating healthy, whole fruits or vegetables you are accustoming your palate to sweet taste, generating rejection for healthy foods. To be honest, I don't see anything good about (high/ultra) processed foods. The only truth here is that yes, ADDED/FREE sugars are something new, which only shows how unnecessary have been for the human race to live.