Sugars or calories

rsm193
rsm193 Posts: 23 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
IN my opinion I feel like sugars are worse thancalories.... Anyone else feel this way and why?
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  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    No... sugars contain calories. You can count sugars all you want, but it's the total calories that matter, not the total sugars. I could eat my entire calorie goal in sugar and still lose weight... I'd be unhealthy as heck, hungry all the time,and toothless, but still lose weight.
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    No, I don't feel that way, because I listen to science. Calories are the only thing that matters for weight loss. The rest is nutrition.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    No, I don't feel that way.

    *settles comfortably in chair, puts on concerned face*

    But why do YOU feel that way?
  • AmazinglySimpleton
    AmazinglySimpleton Posts: 1 Member
    Sugars are worse than calories? That doesn't even make sense. Calories are in everything. Sugar is the end result of carbs. Tomatoes are carbs. Why do you hate tomatoes?

    Start making sense please.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Mmmmm sugar!! Calorie deficit for weight loss, sugar for happiness.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I don't understand the sentence" sugars are worse than calories "

    Do you mean sugar is the worst form of calories?
    If that is what you meant, I disagree. There's no bad or good calories . some may have better nutritional value but eating sugar along with a well balanced diet won't hurt ( unless you happen to have a medical condition ) I eat a well balanced diet and include a serving of ice cream daily. It has not hurt my progress any. Do you feel like one would receive extra "credit " for eating no sugar (sans medical conditions) and eating "clean " all the time ? I don't. I have no issue with including a treat in moderation.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    No... sugars contain calories. You can count sugars all you want, but it's the total calories that matter, not the total sugars. I could eat my entire calorie goal in sugar and still lose weight... I'd be unhealthy as heck, hungry all the time,and toothless, but still lose weight.

    This is a great answer !!! +1
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    edited November 2015
    The fact that you say that sugars are "worse than" calories implies that you think calories are bad.

    A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body needs calories to....what's the word I'm looking for....FUNCTION.

    So....why are calories bad again?
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    rsm193 wrote: »
    IN my opinion I feel like sugars are worse thancalories.... Anyone else feel this way and why?

    I don't understand. There is no comparison between the two.

    Sugar is neither good nor bad, it's just.....sugar.

    Everything in moderation.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    AmazinglySimpleton wrote: »
    Sugars are worse than calories? That doesn't even make sense. Calories are in everything. Sugar is the end result of carbs. Tomatoes are carbs. Why do you hate tomatoes?

    Start making sense please.

    Tomatoes make my mouth happy!
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,757 Member
    I don't feel calories are bad. I think too many of them are a problem.
    I am indifferent about sugar. I definitely love its taste, but know it packs a bit of a whallop calorie-wise. Not a big fan of the sugar rush either, and it makes my kids crazy!
    I don't like rap music though while we are comparing apples to oranges. I definitely think it is worse than horses.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,447 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    No... sugars contain calories. You can count sugars all you want, but it's the total calories that matter, not the total sugars. I could eat my entire calorie goal in sugar and still lose weight... I'd be unhealthy as heck, hungry all the time,and toothless, but still lose weight.

    +1

  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    "Worse" in what way? For weight loss, it's about calories, although cutting back on very sweet foods can often help with cutting back on calories, since very sugary foods (like very fatty foods) are often energy dense, which tends to provide low satiety.

    For overall health? I guess that depends on where your body is at and what your health goals are.
  • sillyscooby03
    sillyscooby03 Posts: 1 Member
    Watch sugars if you are concerned about how your body breaks down the molecules you put into your body and long term affects on organs.
    http://authoritynutrition.com/6-reasons-why-a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie/
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    sillyscooby03 wrote: »
    Watch sugars if you are concerned about how your body breaks down the molecules you put into your body and long term affects on organs.
    http://authoritynutrition.com/6-reasons-why-a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie/

    Your body breaks down almost all carbohydrates into glucose. Glucose is the easiest form of energy for your cells to use.

    Thermic effect of food is highly overstated in almost all "why to low carb" discussions. It's really not enough to mean that you can eat that many more calories by eating foods that are "harder to digest."

    I won't go over every one of the 6 points.

    Sugar is yummy. Fruit is delish - and guess what, it's full of fructose! Now, I'm not suggesting eating your whole day's calorie allowance in sugar (who really, honestly suggests that, anyway?). But there is nothing wrong with having sugar as part of your diet.

    [Okay, back to the hilarity now :wink: ]
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited November 2015
    That statement doesn't even make sense.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    mathjulz wrote: »
    Thermic effect of food is highly overstated in almost all "why to low carb" discussions. It's really not enough to mean that you can eat that many more calories by eating foods that are "harder to digest."

    It also neglects indirect effects. Yes, protein is less efficient to directly metabolize, so some of the energy of the protein produces heat instead of usable energy (ATP). But that indirectly means your body can reduce other processes that produce heat, like thermogenesis in brown fat tissue, which also consumes calories to produce heat.

    Unless you are actually losing more heat to the environment (e.g. by having a higher body temperature) you're just swapping calories being transformed into heat in one metabolic process for calories transformed into heat by another metabolic process.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,420 MFP Moderator
    edited November 2015
    All, please do me a favor and stay on topic.

    Lemon
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    As someone with insulin resistance, sugars cause me WAY more problems than (excessive) calories. Actually, I find it difficult to eat excessive calories when I am eating no sugars, so avoiding sugars helps me stay in my calorie limit.

    Sugar has a negative impact on my health. It tastes great, I would indulge if it didn't hurt my health, but it does so no sugar for me. To be honest, avoiding sugars is getting easier and easier. It's not the devil, just an unhealthy irritant.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    edited November 2015
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    As someone with insulin resistance, sugars cause me WAY more problems than (excessive) calories. Actually, I find it difficult to eat excessive calories when I am eating no sugars, so avoiding sugars helps me stay in my calorie limit.

    Sugar has a negative impact on my health. It tastes great, I would indulge if it didn't hurt my health, but it does so no sugar for me. To be honest, avoiding sugars is getting easier and easier. It's not the devil, just an unhealthy irritant.

    I'm sure you mean it's an unhealthy irritant for you?

    Because sugar in general is not unhealthy and it's not an irritant, it's just.....sugar. ;)

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