The Truth About Sugar

I have various books at home that I pull from that I think have some really interesting and helpful information. An interesting article about sugar is below.  This was especially helpful to me as a have a baaaaad sweet tooth.  Happy Reading.  Hope to see you in a session soon.

Barb

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5 Truths About Sugar: (abbreviated from the Men's Health Nutrition Guide)

Truth #1: Sugar doesn't cause diabetes - Too much sugar does.  An un-precendented rise in sugar & starch consumption in the past 100 yrs may be related.  Your job to avoid an adult onset is to drop your weight and watch your sugar intake.

Truth #2: Avoiding high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) won't save you from obesity - Despite the correlation of an increase of the avg American body weight and the use of HFCS in the 70's & 80's it's not a smoking gun.  Obesity is still related to consuming too many calories.  Bottom line if your weight is under control then your calorie intake is reasonable.

Truth #3: Too much sugar fills your blood with fat - Your body can't metabolize a sweet snack as fast as you can eat it, so your body ultimately stores the excess as fat.

Truth #4: Too much sugar stresses your system - The oral glucose tolerance test used to diagnose diabetes has you consume 75 grams of glucose essentially creating a stress test on how your body tolerates that much sugar.  Yet a 24 oz soda often contains more than 75grams of sugar.

Truth #5: Fewer blood sugar spikes help you live longer - If you live large - big meals, lots of beer - you may be shortening your life even if your weight is okay.  Repeated blood-sugar spikes stress the organs that support your metabolism.