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He most likely meant refined sugars. Sugar is being added to most foods nowadays. The timeline of cheap refined sugar is the timeline of sugar addiction and to

He most likely meant refined sugars. Sugar is being added to most foods nowadays. The timeline of cheap refined sugar is the timeline of sugar addiction and tooth decay.

refurb 8y ago
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/tooth-decay-archaeology/4307319/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/tooth-... Scientists examined the remains of 52 adults who had lived between roughly 12,000 and 13,000 B.C. and were buried in the cave. An astonishing 49 of them, or 94%, had cavities, which affected more than half of the surviving teeth.
- richcollins 8y ago
  By analyzing plant remains in the cave, Humphrey's team found that residents ate lots of a particularly sweet type of acorn, which becomes soft and sticky when cooked. They also ate wild oats and legumes. Such foods can lead to serious decay,
  - refurb 8y ago
    Yes, and wild oats and legumes don’t exactly seem like the exception in ancient diets. Plus another link in this thread claims ancient fruits have different sugars that don’t cause decay.
- andrei_says_ 8y ago
  Are you trying to imply that refined sugars do not cause an increase in tooth decay? Or that fruit sugar is similar to refined sugars? Any ties with the sugar lobbby famous for lobbying the US government into blackmailing the WHO in increasing the amounts “healthy” sugar in their dietary guidelines?
  - Mirioron 8y ago
    "Refined sugar" is sugar in fruit. It is literally the same thing. That's how we get sugar in the first place - from plants. You are dealing with glucose, fructose, and sucrose in both cases.
    - feanaro 8y ago
      Why was this downvoted? This is correct.
    - andrei_says_ 8y ago
      It’s not refined while it’s in the fruit. High content, but not refined. Even with oranges which have very high sugar content, you cannot easily eat four oranges but you can drink their orange juice along with most of the sugar and none of the fiber. The sugar lobby’s talking points steer the conversation toward equalizing refined and non refined sugars, and calories from refined sugars vs calories from non refined sugars. I found this in depth lecture really enlightening https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

He most likely meant refined sugars. Sugar is being added to most foods nowadays. The timeline of cheap refined sugar is the timeline of sugar addiction and tooth decay.

refurb 8y ago

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/tooth-decay-archaeology/4307319/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/tooth-... Scientists examined the remains of 52 adults who had lived between roughly 12,000 and 13,000 B.C. and were buried in the cave. An astonishing 49 of them, or 94%, had cavities, which affected more than half of the surviving teeth.

richcollins 8y ago
By analyzing plant remains in the cave, Humphrey's team found that residents ate lots of a particularly sweet type of acorn, which becomes soft and sticky when cooked. They also ate wild oats and legumes. Such foods can lead to serious decay,
- refurb 8y ago
  Yes, and wild oats and legumes don’t exactly seem like the exception in ancient diets. Plus another link in this thread claims ancient fruits have different sugars that don’t cause decay.
andrei_says_ 8y ago
Are you trying to imply that refined sugars do not cause an increase in tooth decay? Or that fruit sugar is similar to refined sugars? Any ties with the sugar lobbby famous for lobbying the US government into blackmailing the WHO in increasing the amounts “healthy” sugar in their dietary guidelines?
- Mirioron 8y ago
  "Refined sugar" is sugar in fruit. It is literally the same thing. That's how we get sugar in the first place - from plants. You are dealing with glucose, fructose, and sucrose in both cases.
  - feanaro 8y ago
    Why was this downvoted? This is correct.
  - andrei_says_ 8y ago
    It’s not refined while it’s in the fruit. High content, but not refined. Even with oranges which have very high sugar content, you cannot easily eat four oranges but you can drink their orange juice along with most of the sugar and none of the fiber. The sugar lobby’s talking points steer the conversation toward equalizing refined and non refined sugars, and calories from refined sugars vs calories from non refined sugars. I found this in depth lecture really enlightening https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM