Sat, Mar-21-20, 08:16
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Flies on the 20%S diet without additional water exhibited a significantly increased number of sips, which was abolished when flies were pre-treated with the 20%S diet supplemented with water
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20 percent water solution... suppose I had an 85 percent sugar diet. Call it a 2000 calorie diet for easy math--so, 1700 calories, 425 grams of sugar per day. At a 5 percent sugar solution--I'd have 19 times that much water. At a 20 percent solution--4 times that much water. A massive difference in water intake to get those calories in. 1.7 versus 8 liters. Not sure why I put it in human calorie terms, only matters to Jeff Goldblum. Even if sugar didn't increase need for water as such, the animals might be forced to choose between underconsuming water and overconsuming sugar.
The math doesn't really work because we're dealing with weight/volume, but should be close enough.
Coca Cola has 11 grams sugar per hundred grams. |