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It honestly should say something along the lines of: -Most nutritionists agree you shouldn't have more than 5g of sugar outside of fruit sources- A can of cok
by bliblah 7y ago
It honestly should say something along the lines of:
-Most nutritionists agree you shouldn't have more than 5g of sugar outside of fruit sources-
A can of coke have well over 25g
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- paulcole 7y agoWhat about vegetable sources?
- gwbas1c 7y agoBecause of the fiber in fruits and vegetables, your body digests them more slowly. Thus, the sugar enters your bloodstream more slowly. It's kind of like the difference between drinking a beer on a full stomach versus an empty stomach. In this case, 25g of sugar entering your bloodstream quickly is quite unhealthy. (Related: If you want to understand this better, stop consuming refined sugar for about a month. Then go eat a peep on an empty stomach. You'll feel an intense sugar rush.)
- paulcole 7y agoI was asking in response to: > Most nutritionists agree you shouldn't have more than 5g of sugar outside of fruit sources- So nutritionists do or don’t agree that it should also include vegetable sources? Related: I’m T1 diabetic and my partner had to call 911 last week because of hypoglycemia. If I hadn’t consumed 25g of sugar quickly the result would’ve been quite unhealthy.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoNon-starchy vegetables have negligible sugar. Diabetics can eat as much as they want. http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/making-healthy-food-choices/non-starchy-vegetables.html http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat... Starchy vegetables like potato, corn, and peas are nutritionally distinct from non-starchy veggies. But their sugar is packaged with vegetable fibre, which results in slower absorption than if you drank the same amount of sugar in liquid form on an empty stomach. It feels a bit redundant to point out to a T1D that fruits are far higher in sugar than non-starchy veggies, which is why OP specifically mentioned fruit sources of sugar.
- dominotw 7y ago>-Most nutritionists agree you shouldn't have more than 5g of sugar outside of fruit sources- Do they? seems like a weird random number.
- frankbreetz 7y agoWhat about 5 g is weird or random?
- isoskeles 7y agoHow about 6g or 4g?
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- pembrook 7y agoThe fact is, there is no peer reviewed research proving that eating 5g per day, or 6g or 7g or 9g or 2g for that matter will have any material impact on health. It’s an arbitrarily chosen number. Just like most thinking around food and diet, these things are highly influenced by current trends. Obsessing over arbitrarily specific numbers in your diet is missing the point. Just make a conscious effort to consume sugar in moderation and you’ll be fine.
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- nightski 7y agoThe number is useful because it gives a target. Consume in moderation is a joke because moderation means different things to different people. Of course it's OK to go over or under the 5g number. That's not the point.
- SilasX 7y agoIf obsessing over specific numbers is missing the point, then so is reporting official-sounding over-precise figures about a "recommended limit". Sugar is bad for you? Fine. Any given unit of sugar will have worse outcomes than the absence of that sugar? Fair enough. "Hey, we're reporting 5g as some special, significant threshold that suggests we have actual evidence of things really ramping up at that point that suggests no subjective gain could outweigh the damage to your health, when, in reality, it was just pulled out of thin air"? No. Forget that noise.
- SilasX 7y agoIf I listened to nutritionists, I'd eat 11 servings of bread a day and no meat.