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Originally Posted by Si
Thanks man!  Got some research to do.
There was a thread on here a while ago, you might have read it or even posted in it, about sugar(s)? I can't remember what it was now.
But anyway, I've always thought refined sugar is worse than naturally occuring sugars in fruits etc. But a lot of people kept suggesting "sugar, is sugar" I still don't believe that to be honest.
If I drank 2 litres of fruit juice one day, and 2 litres of coke another, I believe the natural sugars on the fruit juice day would be better dealt with by my body because they are natural, and give me added benefits. The coke day would probably fuck around with my bodies sugar levels, and give me no health benefits.
I reckon insulin levels, the pancreas, liver and kidneys probably deal with natural sugars from fruits, as opposed to the almost drug properties of refined sugar.
But, I don't know if that's all total bullshit, i'd rather have that mindset to try and stop myself drinking the dirty black stuff  |
it's a fun topic to dive into and the things you will learn can stick with you a long time too.
re: fruit, you are on the right path, overall, but generally speaking, it's the fiber that makes fruit ok and good. fruit juice for instance, is refined..... so the sugar in it is also considered refined. + it's not the ratio of sugar to liquid as soda pop. what is pop these days, 9-12 spoon fulls of sugar per 120z? fruit juice is far far from that, although still refined. but eating a piece of fruit, that gets you, imo, a naturally synergistic effect in addition to the fiber slowing down the sugar being absorbed.
not discounting juicing here, it has tremendous benefits.