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Thanks:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/the-amount-of-sugar-in-food-expressed-in-sugar-cu-281t
Here's the Sodas:
http://www.sugarstacks.com/beverages.htm
unblock
(52,503 posts)the distinction might be relevant for your teeth, but not so much for the rest of your body.
renie408
(9,854 posts)Which is why a diet of Cheetos and Dr. Pepper is equally as nutritious as that of broccoli and whole grains.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)renie408
(9,854 posts)if you cook bacon so that it is really good and crumbly and sprinkle just a little bit on top of homemade caramels...OH. MY. GOD.
Like I said, might sound nasty, but tastes out of this world!
Robb
(39,665 posts)Brown sugar coat, then cook as normal. Drain on a rack (not paper towel, it sticks).
Pretty much death on a stick good.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Glucose can be used by every cell in the body directly. Fructose and alcohols require liver metabolism. They are not the same.
unblock
(52,503 posts)i didn't say all carbs were 100% the same. i only mentioned waffles and cereals.
renie408
(9,854 posts)I was being sarcastical.
unblock
(52,503 posts)but the op didn't make that distinction. you are getting sugar from carbs.
portion control is also an important part of a diet, so simply limiting your sugars has a great impact on health and diet, perhaps more so than quibbling about the form of the sugars.
so if the focus is on quantity of sugars, which the op appeared to me to focus on, then my point stands.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)And the fructose is metabolized differently than glucose, since it requires more work in the liver. On the other hand, the fructose does not cause an insulin response.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)renie408
(9,854 posts)really good for you and that your body REQUIRES it for normal function. Then they are going to roll their eyes and act like all sugars are created equal, like the poster in the first reply. As if grains converted to glucose are no different from straight refined sugar. Because these people DO NOT like to be told about healthy food.
Good luck with your thread.
superpatriotman
(6,255 posts)Nothing more.
Come for the sense of community. Stay for the flaming.
renie408
(9,854 posts)It's the weirdest thing I have ever seen. And it seems particular to health related threads. The same people that can pull facts and citations and the most elegantly contrived arguments out of thin air on a wide variety of social, political and economic subjects turn into R*********s when it comes to food.
I honestly don't care what people eat, but I find the intellectual disconnect really interesting. And kind of baffling, honestly.
unblock
(52,503 posts)i'm a pescatarian (no meat/poultry) and only eat organic and whole grain, and no alcohol at all.
i love and appreciate being "sarcastical" too, i was just correcting an inaccuracy in the op.
let me put it this way: too much cheerios can still send a diabetic to the e.r., yes, it's a better choice compared to most other cereals, and certainly better than those foods shown with higher content of refined sugar, but it's still sugar and quantity matters.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Paulie
(8,462 posts)And whole fruits are good. Turn them into juice and remove the fiber and it's then a can of pop. Fructose is not good for you in quantity over long periods of time.
Swede
(33,322 posts)Doesn't matter where it comes from. Not good for you in the amounts we eat.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)what is true though, is that we eat too much processed food (carbohydrates not in their natural state)
Swede
(33,322 posts)He has a whole chapter titled "Sugar is sugar is sugar" and why.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)but I reviewed a bit of his books online... I suspect you and I are on the same page and it is only semantics that get in the way...
a few months ago I cut ALL added sugars out of my diet (only eat vegetables, whole fruits and small amt of grain)... the effect is astounding... I have lost all unhealthy cravings and the food I eat taste so rich and good... you are correct... we eat too much sugar!
Swede
(33,322 posts)My nephew turned me onto the low carb diet,then as I read more and more,I wished I knew this stuff a long time ago.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I haven't bought sugar in years. I only buy artificial sweeteners. I buy sugar-free ice cream. Smuckers also makes a great sugar-free fudge syrup. And Godiva makes sugar-free chocolate candy. It all tastes great and if I didn't tell, you would think all that is totally fattening. I try to eat as sugar-free as possible as I am a borderline Type II diabetic.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)than there is in a Red Bull.
I'm going to go drink me a Red Bull and celebrate my health.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)so the sugar content per volume is probably almost equal.
I doubt the Snapple has nearly as much caffeine.