Thu, Mar-30-17, 08:45
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Say NO to Diabetes!
Posts: 8,671
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Plan: My own - < 30 net carbs
Stats: 440/228/210
BF:Energy Unleashed
Progress: 92%
Location: Central Virginia - USA
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How many times has it been said that sugar is the enemy, the “new fat” and the root cause of the burgeoning obesity epidemic? The answer is: a lot.
But there’s a reason for it, and a good one at that. Added sugar has no nutritional value and constitutes empty calories. Children aged 11 to 18 should have not more than 30g (seven cubes) of sugar a day, and yet a single can of cola contains seven cubes and a 500ml bottle a staggering 13.5 cubes.
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Part of the problem is public perception and even this report misses the boat. If sugar is the enemy, the root cause of our problems then are the calories really empty? Industry will follow demand. The consumers have to change. We need to see sugar as unhealthy, not simply neutral and lacking nutrients as we were brainwashed to believe. I preach this to my family all the time. The kids get it more than my wife does. They are more mindful of sugar. My wife just won't give up her 'num-nums', though. She loves her sugar and since she does not get fat from it - there is no harm in it (or so she believes).
For my wife sugar might be less risky than it is for me. She does not over-react to sweets. She is not compelled to binge on it. I know loads of sugar does not work that way for me, nor 2 of my 3 daughters. Smoking tobacco is now universally understood to be very unhealthy, not simply a bad habit. Both of my maternal grandparents smoked. My grandfather smoked his whole adult life and died in his 90's. He never had COPD, emphysema, or cancer. He got away with it. My grandmother, on the other hand, got throat cancer from smoking in her early 30's and spoke in a whisper for the rest of her life. She gave up smoking as a result, BTW. So is smoking unhealthy or did my grandmother just have bad genes? When you look at the population, it is clear that smoking is unhealthy and a huge burden on the cost of healthcare. Sugar needs to be seen in the same light. At this time it is not... but the tide may be turning.
P.S. my wife recently did admit that she was finally putting on a few pounds and needing some new clothes. Perhaps she has finally crossed the line with her sugar consumption and wandered further into the unhealthy side of the SAD.
Last edited by khrussva : Thu, Mar-30-17 at 09:12.
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