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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
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    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
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    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.

    You said there would be no math ;)
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
    But then, with doing more workouts, there is also an increased need for some micros, so to some extent I think it would balance out. In other words, in the same way that you say one's sugar consumption can be increased in that situation, one would also need to consume more nutrients as for some micros the RDA would not be sufficient.

  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
    But then, with doing more workouts, there is also an increased need for some micros, so to some extent I think it would balance out. In other words, in the same way that you say one's sugar consumption can be increased in that situation, one would also need to consume more nutrients as for some micros the RDA would not be sufficient.

    I easily double or triple my vitamin A and C on days when I'm paying any attention (most days). No need to go over on others, and there is little evidence to support what you're saying anyway aside from supplement company assertions. Protein is a well documented exception, and I get more than 1 gram per pound of overall body weight on my diet. Yesterday, I hit 244 grams. Again though, the point is to pay attention to details.

    I'm not arguing against what WHO is saying generally for the same reason I told our kids when they were little that stoves and knives were bad. They're not bad when used correctly, but my kids weren't at an age to properly understand that. The WHO has to communicate to the general population and messaging to them can be quite difficult. It's far better to read the entire message, look at the studies, and draw a more sophisticated and nuanced conclusion than "sugar is bad."
  • ndj1979
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
    But then, with doing more workouts, there is also an increased need for some micros, so to some extent I think it would balance out. In other words, in the same way that you say one's sugar consumption can be increased in that situation, one would also need to consume more nutrients as for some micros the RDA would not be sufficient.

    why would you need additional micros, over what your RDA is for more "workouts"? if anything you would need more calories and then adjust your macros based on what kind of training one is doing.

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    dykask wrote: »
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    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    Care to post links about the havoc-wreaking of sugar?
  • sunnybeaches105
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    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.

    You said there would be no math ;)

    No math. Just logic. I hope.
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    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.

    You said there would be no math ;)

    No math. Just logic. I hope.

    You must be new here.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
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    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.

    You said there would be no math ;)

    No math. Just logic. I hope.

    You must be new here.

    lol - no. More like hopelessly optimistic
  • ForecasterJason
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    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
    But then, with doing more workouts, there is also an increased need for some micros, so to some extent I think it would balance out. In other words, in the same way that you say one's sugar consumption can be increased in that situation, one would also need to consume more nutrients as for some micros the RDA would not be sufficient.

    why would you need additional micros, over what your RDA is for more "workouts"? if anything you would need more calories and then adjust your macros based on what kind of training one is doing.
    It's been shown that strenuous exercise requires an increased magnesium intake.
    http://www.purepharma.com/au_en/blog/magnesium-intense-exercise/

  • sunnybeaches105
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    dykask wrote: »
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    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    They recognize this because too much sugar equals too many calories without adequate nutrition. For those of us who are active and use sugar as fuel or a moderate treat it's not an issue. I frankly get endless entertainment from overweight and sedentary people telling me how my diet is going to hurt me. My diet isn't created for you or them. It's created for an active individual and that is exactly the type of individual WHO is not addressing with this type of health information. Best of luck to you. I hope you can get it all dialed in. The people you're arguing with already have done so for quite a while.
    If you're active, then by default you'd be expending more energy than the typical person. So 10% of 2000 calories is about 13 tsp of sugar, but more like 20 tsp for 3000 calories. I don't see why the percentage should be thrown out the window for those expending more energy, as keeping to a percentage of total calories will automatically raise the upper limit.

    Did you not read what he said about using additional sugar for fuel for workouts/training?
    Yeah. I mean I understand that, I was just thinking if one is doing more intense workouts they would automatically be able to fit more sugar in their diet as it is due to increased energy expenditure.

    The point is that as a percentage of one's diet sugar can go up.
    But then, with doing more workouts, there is also an increased need for some micros, so to some extent I think it would balance out. In other words, in the same way that you say one's sugar consumption can be increased in that situation, one would also need to consume more nutrients as for some micros the RDA would not be sufficient.

    why would you need additional micros, over what your RDA is for more "workouts"? if anything you would need more calories and then adjust your macros based on what kind of training one is doing.
    It's been shown that strenuous exercise requires an increased magnesium intake.
    http://www.purepharma.com/au_en/blog/magnesium-intense-exercise/

    A 10-20% uptick is far from the megadoses that would be suggested by your earlier post and magnesium isn't difficult to come by. Peanut butter has both sugar and magnesium. It also has fats. I often eat 4 tablespoons of it when I need to up my fats. Funny how something with added sugars also has nutritional content.

    ETA: here is a magnesium fact sheet. The foods listed are one of the reasons I don't track it. The other being it's difficult to track, but when combined with the first the hassle outweighs the benefit. My major protein sources are also good sources of magnesium. This is why details matter. I want to emphasize that I'm not supporting a diet of predominantly sugar. What I am saying is that once you get down to the granular level of counting calories and macros while also tracking micros, it becomes superfluous to worry about added sugars. And yes, I can eat plenty of sugar when I'm backpacking, running and/or lifting because I'm burning it right back off.

    https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
  • kimny72
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    The WHO's guidelines had nothing to do with, and said nothing about, sugar being "toxic" or causing any specific health issues. It mentioned obesity and tooth decay. And the obesity aspect coming from sugar adding unnecessary calories. That's it.

    Right from the WHO website: "Consuming free sugars increases the risk of dental caries (tooth decay). Excess calories from foods and drinks high in free sugars also contribute to unhealthy weight gain, which can lead to overweight and obesity." Nothing about your liver or insulin or toxicity or fruit juice destroying your liver and giving you diabetes.
  • stevencloser
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    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    Firstly this.
    Secondly, I didn't even say that, someone else did.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
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    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    You really think saying, "you would have to drink juice by the gallon" means advocating drinking juice by the gallon?

    I can't decide if people just are so caught up in preparing for their next counter statement that they just don't bother to try to understand what another poster is saying, or if they willfully misrepresent a position, or if they truly believe that is what the poster meant when he said "you would have to drink juice by the gallon".

    No that isn't it. The root of this is many don't realize how little sugar is really too much sugar. While safe levels are still being determined, the WHO recommends no more than 6 teaspoons (~25 grams) of added sugar or sugar from beverages a day. On can 12 oz can of soda can contain 11 teaspoons of sugar and some juices are even higher than that. 4 oz of juice max is moderation.

    http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/

    In the meantime there is a camp of people that are always posting, you can't claim anything toxic about sugar because no dosage for toxicity has been determined or other such nonsense. In the meantime we know now that the high sugar consumption is wreaking havoc on populations around the world. The problem with toxic side effects is they will very widely for different people. There will never be numbers that are universally correct for everyone. So it comes down to caution or no caution. That is why such a statement is detrimental as it is throwing out any reasonable caution or concern.

    The WHO recommends no more than 10% of your daily calories at maintenance being sugar. You don't look like someone who eats 1000 calories per day.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
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    J72FIT wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    no sure where you get "you would have to drink it by the gallon" and turn it into "you have should drink it by the gallon"..

    comprehension fail..

    I don't even think he comprehended the article he posted.

    From the article...

    "The findings are likely applicable in the United States, but more studies are needed, Larsson said. Because the study focused on Swedish men between the ages of 45 and 79, the results do not necessarily apply to younger age groups, women or certain ethnic groups."

    Besides the fact the the study was observational, "hey how many sweetened beverages do you drink per week?" Which the men probably under-reported, because that is typically people do, under-report consumption and over-report activity. So, probably takes more then one 12oz can of soda a day to be correlated with heart disease.

    Nonsense...

    Not to mention this
    "Larsson said the researchers' definition of sweetened drinks "only included soft drinks/soda and these can either be sweetened with sugar or with artificial sweetener." Tea, coffee and fruit juice were excluded from the study."
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
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    J72FIT wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    dykask wrote: »
    I don't get the issue with fruit juices anyway outside of the "drinking calories" argument. The sugar in a glass of orange juice is the same sugar that is in the two oranges it was made from. Why would eating 2 oranges be better than drinking them if in a context of a balanced diet you are getting plenty of fiber anyway?

    No it isn't the same. Fruit provides sugar and fiber at the same time. If the fiber is in your colon, it doesn't help with the juice hitting the stomach.

    Why do you think it's important to get them at the same time?

    The fiber makes a gummy mess in your stomach and will drag a good part of the sugar with it into the intestines. That slows the rate of absorption down and gives the liver more time to deal with the fructose. Some of the fructose will even be drug into the large intestine where bacteria will eat it. Kids also enjoy the farts caused by that.

    The liver is pretty amazing and pretty fast, but overloading it may be a cause of metabolic issues. At least it has been shown that metabolic disease symptoms can be triggered in as little as two weeks of sweeten beverage consumption. So probably anything that slows the process down is good. Fiber is like a mechanical diet aid.

    And you keep ignoring dosage and context.

    You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".

    Not to mention the fact that fiber is not needed to "drag the sugar into the intestines" since sugar isn't absorbed through the stomach in the first place. It, like all carbohydrates, are absorbed through the intestines.

    Gallon? Maybe if it is distilled so only water is left. Seems like you are the one ignoring dosage. No clue what you mean by context. http://www.sugarscience.org/sugar-sweetened-beverages/#.V4cXDI9OKUk

    You might want to start looking at real sources, not alarmist websites. It takes a lot more than a glass of juice to overload the liver.
    Speed matters.

    Maybe if you are diabetic. For others, it really doesn't.

    Context.

    You context doesn't mean anything. There are now ample studies with sweeten beverages that show modest consumption of them causes metabolic disease symptoms in even a two week period. A theory is too much fructose in the liver causes it to be converted to LDL which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It seems that too much isn't much at all if a 12 oz can of soda a day is too much. It is much less of an issue with the glucose because the liver can convert most surplus glucose into glycogen and even store it.

    Here is another article on heart disease and sweeten beverages.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/soda-heart-failure-study/index.html

    You know an article is super scientific if it starts with the words "Guys, listen up:".

    Just figured it was something you could digest. You don't seem very interested detailed facts. :wink:
    Seriously pushing for wanton consumption of sugar isn't even something that Coke or Pepsi do anymore. The handwriting is on the wall and more studies are zeroing in on the issues all the time.

    saying it is OK to consume sugar moderately along with a diet that hits micros and macros does not equal pushing wanton sugar consumption.

    Drinking juice by the gallon isn't consuming sugar moderately.

    Who is advocating drinking a gallon of juice, for either adults or children?

    stevencloser claimed 'You would have to drink juice by the gallon to "overload the liver".'

    One of the random statements not backed up by anything. There are ample studies that show even 12 oz of soda a day has adverse impact on the liver in as little as two weeks. There isn't much difference between juice or soda when it comes to sugar.

    I really don't see a lot of problems with eating whole fruit. Takes a lot of eating to get the same sugar that is one glass of juice. Natural limit.

    no sure where you get "you would have to drink it by the gallon" and turn it into "you have should drink it by the gallon"..

    comprehension fail..

    I don't even think he comprehended the article he posted.

    From the article...

    "The findings are likely applicable in the United States, but more studies are needed, Larsson said. Because the study focused on Swedish men between the ages of 45 and 79, the results do not necessarily apply to younger age groups, women or certain ethnic groups."

    Besides the fact the the study was observational, "hey how many sweetened beverages do you drink per week?" Which the men probably under-reported, because that is typically people do, under-report consumption and over-report activity. So, probably takes more then one 12oz can of soda a day to be correlated with heart disease.

    Nonsense...

    Not to mention this
    "Larsson said the researchers' definition of sweetened drinks "only included soft drinks/soda and these can either be sweetened with sugar or with artificial sweetener." Tea, coffee and fruit juice were excluded from the study."

    So I'm good with Lipton's prebottles garbage, because it's "tea". Got it.
    Ehh, screw that. Coke Zero won't make me fat, no matter how much I drink.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
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    I just tried looking at 6 diaries (i gave up after that) of the pro sugar supporters on this thread, either they are all closed or they dont log at all... Winogelatos was the only one that was open, and she seems to eat a moderate amount of sugar.

    To all of those with closed diaries, how much sugar do you get on average everyday? For full disclosure, I get between 35g and up to 80g max.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 5,948 Member
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    I just tried looking at 6 diaries (i gave up after that) of the pro sugar supporters on this thread, either they are all closed or they dont log at all... Winogelatos was the only one that was open, and she seems to eat a moderate amount of sugar.

    To all of those with closed diaries, how much sugar do you get on average everyday? For full disclosure, I get between 35g and up to 80g max.

    Mine is open, have a look.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
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    J72FIT wrote: »
    I just tried looking at 6 diaries (i gave up after that) of the pro sugar supporters on this thread, either they are all closed or they dont log at all... Winogelatos was the only one that was open, and she seems to eat a moderate amount of sugar.

    To all of those with closed diaries, how much sugar do you get on average everyday? For full disclosure, I get between 35g and up to 80g max.

    Mine is open, have a look.

    Thank you, I went back to Sunday and i gotta say I'm impressed! You eat a lot healthier than me :blush:
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    I just tried looking at 6 diaries (i gave up after that) of the pro sugar supporters on this thread, either they are all closed or they dont log at all... Winogelatos was the only one that was open, and she seems to eat a moderate amount of sugar.

    To all of those with closed diaries, how much sugar do you get on average everyday? For full disclosure, I get between 35g and up to 80g max.

    And you are the judge of what exactly? I really don't care what overweight people think. That said, I'll open it. I don't eat much because my cravings aren't sugar. I log when I'm dieting down when I think it will help. Sometimes I don't.