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>"sugar is essential for the human body" Sugar is not essential to the diet, the body can make it from fat and protein. Ie, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluco
by nonbel 8y ago
>"sugar is essential for the human body"
Sugar is not essential to the diet, the body can make it from fat and protein. Ie, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis
However, afaik, you cannot live without fat or protein in your diet.
>"Try exercising without a healthy blood sugar level due to lack of complex sugars."
You assume "healthy blood sugar level" must be related to "amount of sugar in diet". Not true, your body can adapt to different diets.
- goldenkey 8y agoConsuming only fats and proteins stresses the body quite heavily. Carbs are the easiest calorie source to digest, there is almost no digestion required. Plus one can overload their body's compensatory mechanisms for acid base balance, due to the acidic ketones produced by gluconeogenesis. Its a terrible idea to do no carbs long term.
- nonbel 8y agoThis isn't in conflict with what I said but ok. Possibly, what evidence are you basing this on?
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoThe first sentence seems almost sense free. The second one is probably true, the third is complete nonsense, and the fourth is a value judgement.
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoIndeed. My body can rearrange the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen to make simple sugars from fats and proteins. Unless the body can do nuclear fusion, one cannot synthesize sodium. Last I checked, we humans (or any animals) cannot.
- nonbel 8y agoYes, humans cannot synthesize sodium but it also doesn't degrade, its only lost due to excretion. Regardless, it is an essential component of the diet, unlike sugar. Plants (and every other known form of life) also cannot synthesize minerals.