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> Only in the US does UPF comprise 57.9% of energy intake, of which 89.7% is derived from added sugars. It should be no mystery that refined sugar is devastati

> Only in the US does UPF comprise 57.9% of energy intake, of which 89.7% is derived from added sugars. It should be no mystery that refined sugar is devastating to bones.

Filligree 5y ago
This definition of “refined sugar” includes starch, I guess?
- lambdaba 5y ago
  Starch breaks down into glucose, while sucrose is glucose + fructose. Refined fructose is uniquely harmful.
  - Filligree 5y ago
    I’m aware. But the numbers given imply that Americans get fifty percent of their energy from sugar, which fails the sniff test — it’s completely unbelievable.
    - freeflight 5y ago
      > it’s completely unbelievable Is it tho? High-fructose corn-syrup is ever-present in most convenient foods in the US down to such basics like bread and the hilariously oversized sodas, while obesity and diabetes rates have reached epidemic proportions [0] [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887150/
    - lambdaba 5y ago
      Yes, might be an issue with more restrictive definitions of added sugar. The number I found is 70-80g/day, which is a lot but if you count things like fruit juices which only have "natural" sugars... Made me think about: > Oatly has voluntarily agreed to stop marketing its oatmilks as containing 'n added sugars' in ad campaigns followir a complaint by Campbell Soup drawing attention to its oatmilk production process, which breaks down oat starch into simple sugars.
    - spaetzleesser 5y ago
      Sugar gives me joint pain and headaches so I have started to read food labels very closely. The amount of sugar in a lot of foods is completely insane. Especially a lot of “healthy” foods have a ton of it, for example protein bars, granola bars and a lot of breakfast food. A lot of salad dressing are high in sugar, so are pasta sauces, fruit juices and so on. Most bread has added sugar and pastry has way too much sugar compared to Germany. Almost everything is sweetened to an extreme level.
SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
> It should be no mystery that refined sugar is devastating to bones. Why? What particular qualities does sugar have that directly affects bone? I took a look and found one study[1] that indicated Fructose doesn't affect bone growth. This study[2] indicates that Fructose strengthens bones. This meta-analysis [3] says that there can't be any conclusions drawn due to not enough evidence. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27832314/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27832314/ [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24267046/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24267046/ [3] https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/6/301/1840401 https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/6/301/1...
- lambdaba 5y ago
  It's depleting magnesium, induces inflammation, reduces vitamin D. > The overconsumption of dietary sugar has the potential to increase the risk of osteoporosis by: a) increasing the urinary excretion of both calcium and magnesium, b) reducing the intestinal absorption of calcium by lowering the levels of active vitamin D, and c) impairing bone formation by reducing osteoblast proliferation and increasing osteoclast activation as well as lactic acid production. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140170/

> Only in the US does UPF comprise 57.9% of energy intake, of which 89.7% is derived from added sugars. It should be no mystery that refined sugar is devastating to bones.

Filligree 5y ago

This definition of “refined sugar” includes starch, I guess?

lambdaba 5y ago
Starch breaks down into glucose, while sucrose is glucose + fructose. Refined fructose is uniquely harmful.
- Filligree 5y ago
  I’m aware. But the numbers given imply that Americans get fifty percent of their energy from sugar, which fails the sniff test — it’s completely unbelievable.
  - freeflight 5y ago
    > it’s completely unbelievable Is it tho? High-fructose corn-syrup is ever-present in most convenient foods in the US down to such basics like bread and the hilariously oversized sodas, while obesity and diabetes rates have reached epidemic proportions [0] [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887150/
  - lambdaba 5y ago
    Yes, might be an issue with more restrictive definitions of added sugar. The number I found is 70-80g/day, which is a lot but if you count things like fruit juices which only have "natural" sugars... Made me think about: > Oatly has voluntarily agreed to stop marketing its oatmilks as containing 'n added sugars' in ad campaigns followir a complaint by Campbell Soup drawing attention to its oatmilk production process, which breaks down oat starch into simple sugars.
  - spaetzleesser 5y ago
    Sugar gives me joint pain and headaches so I have started to read food labels very closely. The amount of sugar in a lot of foods is completely insane. Especially a lot of “healthy” foods have a ton of it, for example protein bars, granola bars and a lot of breakfast food. A lot of salad dressing are high in sugar, so are pasta sauces, fruit juices and so on. Most bread has added sugar and pastry has way too much sugar compared to Germany. Almost everything is sweetened to an extreme level.

SketchySeaBeast 5y ago

> It should be no mystery that refined sugar is devastating to bones. Why? What particular qualities does sugar have that directly affects bone? I took a look and found one study[1] that indicated Fructose doesn't affect bone growth. This study[2] indicates that Fructose strengthens bones. This meta-analysis [3] says that there can't be any conclusions drawn due to not enough evidence. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27832314/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27832314/ [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24267046/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24267046/ [3] https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/6/301/1840401 https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/6/301/1...

lambdaba 5y ago
It's depleting magnesium, induces inflammation, reduces vitamin D. > The overconsumption of dietary sugar has the potential to increase the risk of osteoporosis by: a) increasing the urinary excretion of both calcium and magnesium, b) reducing the intestinal absorption of calcium by lowering the levels of active vitamin D, and c) impairing bone formation by reducing osteoblast proliferation and increasing osteoclast activation as well as lactic acid production. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140170/