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>Regular sugar is very bad for you No it is not. The overwhelming quantites are bad. But this applies to almost any food.
by konart 1y ago
>Regular sugar is very bad for you
No it is not. The overwhelming quantites are bad. But this applies to almost any food.
- dazc 1y agoThis like saying alcohol isn't bad for you.
- sailingparrot 1y agoThere is no dosage where alcohol is beneficial/useful to your body. Just a dosage where its detrimental effect is somewhat minimal. There is definitely a healthy/beneficial/useful dosage of sugar. Especially while exercising, sugar is not stored and is used as litteral fuel by the body.
- lithocarpus 1y agoI'd argue that processed or refined or concentrated sugar (not talking about berries or vegetables) is similar to alcohol in being a net negative impact on the body in 99% of cases. Sure if you are otherwise starving then it may have a benefit. But if you trade calories from some real food for calories from sugar, you're worse off.
- illiac786 1y agoWhat’s the beneficial dosage of refined sugar?
- konart 1y agoIt isn't. Everything depends on quantity and quality. Kefir and kvass - do have alcohol for example. Low ammounts but it is there. Not to mention dry red wine and such. Drink a bottle day a you will have problems. Drink 100ml every now and then and you will be the same as before.
- aydyn 1y agoThat is why I conditioned the claim with the qualifier "in a modern diet". To a starving child in a impoverished nation? Sugar would be great. Context is important.
- dinfinity 1y agoIt is still wrong, though. Physical state and calorie expenditure are also very, very important context. If your blood sugar is low, then eating/drinking stuff with a high glycemic index can be very good for you. For instance after heavy exercising. You might think it is obvious, but people like simplistic things, so "sugar is bad for you, mmkay" is what most people believe nowadays rather than having a basic understanding of such fairly simple aspects of nutrition.
- illiac786 1y agoTo the overwhelming majority of humans who do not have a super heavy physical activity, it is bad. It’s just bad in general. Yes, there are corner case, like athletes, where in moderate quantities it is useful.
- dinfinity 1y agoNope, still bullshit. The world does not consist of Americans. For billions of people it is very very easy to get their body into a low blood glucose state. No 'super heavy physical activity' required. Don't get me wrong: In most of those cases eating something else would be better, but that does not make sugar 'bad in general'. Nutrition discourse does not benefit from such bad and misleading vilifications and simplifications. It causes people to think in 'silver bullets' and distrust science and government when that silver bullet turns out not to work.
- illiac786 1y ago> In most of those cases eating something else would be better Ok, let’s say “worse than other foods” then, if you dislike the word “bad”.
- chrisco255 1y agoIt's extremely addictive and very, very difficult for most people to control.