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Zombie@feddit.uk 4 days agoAdded sugars provide no nutritional benefit, but are a source of excess calories that can lead to overweight and increased disease risk.[2][3][61][62]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar#Health_effects
Natural sugars tend to be mixed with fibres, starches, and vitamins. These slow the process of digestion, reducing a glucose spike within the bloodstream, and providing other nutrients beyond just raw calories.
Added sugars provide none of these benefits.
Armand1@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Ok, I didn’t know that there was this effect. I’ll admit I don’t know much about health and nutrition.
That said, shouldn’t we consider all sugar content when evaluating how healthy an item is?
After all, you can take orange juice and ultra process out all the healthier stuff, leaving only the sugars. Those won’t be “added” but they won’t be any good for you, providing a marketing loophole of “no added sugars” for companies.
gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 4 days ago
Sugar in fruit is perfectly healthy, it does not have the same negative health effects as processed sugars. This website has links to studies as the sources if you want to read them. If you don’t know much about nutrition, that is one of the best websites to learn. It’s non-profit, has the info available for free there and on YouTube and provides all the studies supporting it. A lot of what the general public thinks about diet was designed by food corporations who have no interest in your health or wellbeing
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Sugar should be classified as a toxin. Sugar in typical diets increase risk of dementia due to metabolic effects in the brain.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
But the brain on glucose goes brrrrrr.