> Obviously it's the whole lifestyle and diet that is bad Of course, we all recognize that eating small amounts of sugar is not the problem. The reality is th

> Obviously it's the whole lifestyle and diet that is bad Of course, we all recognize that eating small amounts of sugar is not the problem. The reality is that most of us are consuming reasonable amounts of sugar in our normal diets before we even start introducing refined sugar products like sweetened beverages or candies. When people say "sugar is bad" it's over-simplified, yes, but they're not literally suggesting that glucose is inherently evil. The point is that sweets and treats where refined sugar is present in unreasonable quantities are not good for you, as is clearly the topic in this study about sweetened beverages. > There are cyclist that carb load by eatig raw sugar Not at all relevant for anyone except elite athletes preparing for an extreme exertion. That said, there are some concerns about ingesting a bolus of refined sugar outside of the context of a meal, which is a glycemic stimulus so intense that it's virtually impossible to achieve during ordinary diets. Even athletes prefer to pace their glucose ingestion and/or ingest carbohydrates as part of a meal with fiber and other mass that slows absorption. Chugging raw sugar is an edge case.