Question for self professed "sugar addicts"

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  • MommyisFit
    MommyisFit Posts: 139 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    This is the point, they can't answer it because they're making this addiction up.

    The difference (for me) is that I can eat fruits that have a low glycemic index as they do not affect my insulin levels and cause dangerously low blood sugar and a subsequent craving for more sugar.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    This is the point, they can't answer it because they're making this addiction up.

    The difference (for me) is that I can eat fruits that have a low glycemic index as they do not affect my insulin levels and cause dangerously low blood sugar and a subsequent craving for more sugar.

    I can appreciate this argument.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    There are alcoholics that can drink in moderation. It takes time to get to the point and not all can do, but it can be done. I have a friend who is an alcoholic. Court ordered rehab, job loss, hospitalizations, the whole shebang. He now occasionally drinks bourbon because he doesn't really like bourbon. He also only drinks top shelf so that cost becomes a limitation. But he hasn't had a beer in over a decade because he knows he can't / won't stop after just a few.
  • Nikoruo
    Nikoruo Posts: 771 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    This is the point, they can't answer it because they're making this addiction up.

    I honestly don't think that they're making up the compulsion to eat sugary foods. It just annoys me that they use broscience to justify it and then go and eat exactly what their addiction is supposedly made of because it's "natural."

    I think the thing is that people just don't know why eating fruit doesn't effect them in the same way having something 'bad' that is sugary does. Maybe there is something about the natural component that does matter.

    Which is not to say that some people aren't making excuses, just that those that aren't really don't understand why the difference exists, just that it does.
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    This is the point, they can't answer it because they're making this addiction up.

    I honestly don't think that they're making up the compulsion to eat sugary foods. It just annoys me that they use broscience to justify it and then go and eat exactly what their addiction is supposedly made of because it's "natural."

    I think the thing is that people just don't know why eating fruit doesn't effect them in the same way having something 'bad' that is sugary does. Maybe there is something about the natural component that does matter.

    Which is not to say that some people aren't making excuses, just that those that aren't really don't understand why the difference exists, just that it does.

    I'd guess simply taste?
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    I don't Like the term "food addict" funny how people who say they are food addicts only seem out of control around sugary crap, junk food. No one gorges themselves on celery....

    But as was posted above, people do gorge themselves on non-sugary foods. For the lady above, it was carrots.

    But for most of us, natural foods just aren't as addictive to eat, because they simply aren't nearly as pleasurable to eat.
    I will buy the concept of sugar addiction as valid when you admit that you have exchanged sexual favors with a complete stranger you met in the grocery store because he bought you 5 packages of Oreos.

    I don't think you will find many cigarette addicts resorting to prostitution to buy cigarettes. But nicotine addiction is definitely a real addiction, don't you agree?

    As has been pointed out already, there are many high-functioning addicts. You don't have to resort to prostitution to be addicted to something.
    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.

    Nothing good comes from blowing your family's entire life savings on gambling, either, but it happens with addicts.

    You do agree that gambling addition is a real addiction, right?
    If you provide me with a citation, I shouldn't have to Google the term you're using the citation for.

    I have provided two citations already. If you want more, you will have to go find them yourself.
    I still can't get on-board with sugar addiction or food addiction. Sugar is in a lot of natural foods, and you need food to stay alive.

    There are a lot of arguments to be made for psychological dependencies, but it is my opinion (as someone who has many), that most psychological cravings are indicative of something OTHER than what the dependency is.

    Again, understand, I don't think it is the chemical of sugar that is addicting. Sugar is not like nicotine. Food addiction is not a physiological addiction. It is a behavioral addiction - just like gambling is.

    Sugar is in lots of natural foods, but those natural foods generally aren't nearly as pleasurable to eat as, say, a cookie. Consequently, they are not nearly as likely to cause a behavioral addiction, any more than smacking yourself with a hammer is likely to cause an addiction to that kind of behavior.

    In order for a behavior to be addictive, it has to be pleasurable.
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit.

    Because people are getting confused here between physiological addictions (like nicotine) and behavioral addictions (like gambling).

    Sugar may not be physiologically addictive. However, like the CNN Health article I cited shows, there was a study that showed that the higher-glycemic shakes triggered an addiction response more than a lower-glycemic shake that tasted the same.
    This is the point, they can't answer it because they're making this addiction up.

    Are people with gambling addictions making it up?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    Are people with gambling addictions making it up?

    I've already posted this;

    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    It is in the biochemistry. Seek and you will find.
    http://www.treating-cancer-alternatively.com/Sugar.html

    The natural sugar found in fresh organic foods is different than the chemically processed sugar used in food production.



    The natural organic sugar found in fresh fruits, vegetables, as well as the sugar from raw sugar cane and sap from different trees can easily be digested by our immune system and is necessary.



    This raw, unprocessed sugar is created in direct relationship to all the other vitamins, minerals, and supplements of that particular organic food product. The body uses this sugar entirely different than the chemically processed refined sugar used in packaged foods.



    When sugar is extracted from a food and tested separately it does not have the same enzymatic reactions as when it is consumed as a whole raw organic product.



    Our bodies need a wide variety of raw, unprocessed sugar from organic fruits and vegetables and sugar sources such as organic raw honey, sugar cane and other forms of sugar.



    There is a major difference between organic raw sugar and chemically processed sugar used in manufacturing of packaged foods. Processed sugar causes nutritional deficiencies in our immune system.



    Treating cancer alternatively gives our bodies the natural organic raw foods that build our immune systems thereby destroying cancer cells and healing our bodies of many debilitating diseases.


    Chemically processed sugar



    Chemically processed sugar causes irritation and weakening of the immune system, mucous membranes of the body and robs teeth, bones and blood of a great percentage of their minerals.



    Inflammatory diseases of the breathing and digestive organs result from the use of white and brown chemically processed sugar. Diseases of the throat, nose, chest, and of the skin are frequently due to the use of white and brown sugar.



    When the human body is overloaded with such sugar and sugar mixtures, both in solid and in liquid form, nutritional deficiencies causes the vitality of the body cells to be afflicted and the may cause swellings and mucous discharges.



    Inflammatory diseases are intensified in direct proportion to the amount of sugar used.



    Cancer and diabetes have been traced to the excessive use of sugar, as so has poliomyelitis, and inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord, which causes painful crippling of the body.



    One of the biggest contributors to the cancer epidemic is the mass amounts of sugar being consumed regularly by the average individual.



    For most people, this is in the form of white, refined sugar. The sugar industry might try to tell you that sugar is simply a harmless source of carbohydrates. This is not true!



    What they don't tell you is that refined sugar:



    disrupts your blood sugar,


    signals your body to store (and hold on to) fat,


    depletes your body of important minerals,


    induces dramatic mood swings,


    makes you tired and irritable, and


    is very "addicting."


    When you eat a large quantity of sugar, your pancreas is forced to pump out a large amount of insulin to utilize the sugar as fuel.

    However, while consuming a small amount of carbohydrates is normal, and healthy, the large amount that many of us consume generates a huge insulin response that ends up signaling the body to store all incoming carbohydrates as fat. Now, while this does not directly cause cancer, the state of being overweight with high blood sugar can definitely set the stage for this deadly illness.


    Sugar turns your body into a nice, suitable breeding ground for cancer by devastating your immune system.
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    ^ citation needed please.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    You are, in fact, completely unconcerned with this matter, and looking to stir up some **** on the internets (like the OP).

    On these very boards you will see people say they cannot do sugar in moderation whatsoever and that they are an addict, yet when looking at their diary they eat all manners of sugars in moderation and admittedly are not going zero carb. See a contradiction there?
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    I'm confused. How come hardly anyone has answered OP's question? I, too, am a little concerned as to how someone with a so-called addiction to sugar can eat fruit. Fructose and glucose bonded make sucrose (table sugar). Last I checked, fruit naturally has fructose AND glucose. So...... please someone explain the difference and do not revert to a "clean eating" argument?

    Before anyone misinterprets what I'm saying, I'm not saying fruit is inherently bad. I'm just asking why, if someone is addicted to the actual ingredient (sugar), are they able to eat... well, sugar, but in fruit?

    It must be a psychological thing? I know a guy that's an alcoholic and he could drink 24 beers in one night. If we were out to dinner he wouldn't touch the wine... so is he REALLY an alocoholic? He's capable from abstaining from the types of alcohol he doesn't like, so maybe in some way shape or form ALL addictions have a psychological element?

    Yes, exactly. Heroin users are not automatically addicted to crystal meth. There is a huge psychological component to addiction. However, with proven addictive substances (drugs, alcohol), there is also a huge physical factor.

    My argument is that if someone was truly addicted to sugar, the actual chemical compound, they would not be able to eat fruit and practice control. Just as with your friend, he stays away from the wine, but what happens when he has a glass? Does he stop at one glass or does he have 12 (or, instead, after the glass of wine, have 24 beers)?

    Maybe taste is THAT big of a determining factor. So, it's not really the "sugar" that they're addicted to, but the taste. In the case of an alcoholic only by one type of liquor, would it be a combination of the taste AND the substance? I'm asking because I genuinely don't know, and am confounded by the whole "sugar addiction" argument in general.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    It is in the biochemistry. Seek and you will find.
    http://www.treating-cancer-alternatively.com/Sugar.html

    The natural sugar found in fresh organic foods is different than the chemically processed sugar used in food production.



    The natural organic sugar found in fresh fruits, vegetables, as well as the sugar from raw sugar cane and sap from different trees can easily be digested by our immune system and is necessary.



    This raw, unprocessed sugar is created in direct relationship to all the other vitamins, minerals, and supplements of that particular organic food product. The body uses this sugar entirely different than the chemically processed refined sugar used in packaged foods.



    When sugar is extracted from a food and tested separately it does not have the same enzymatic reactions as when it is consumed as a whole raw organic product.



    Our bodies need a wide variety of raw, unprocessed sugar from organic fruits and vegetables and sugar sources such as organic raw honey, sugar cane and other forms of sugar.



    There is a major difference between organic raw sugar and chemically processed sugar used in manufacturing of packaged foods. Processed sugar causes nutritional deficiencies in our immune system.



    Treating cancer alternatively gives our bodies the natural organic raw foods that build our immune systems thereby destroying cancer cells and healing our bodies of many debilitating diseases.


    Chemically processed sugar



    Chemically processed sugar causes irritation and weakening of the immune system, mucous membranes of the body and robs teeth, bones and blood of a great percentage of their minerals.



    Inflammatory diseases of the breathing and digestive organs result from the use of white and brown chemically processed sugar. Diseases of the throat, nose, chest, and of the skin are frequently due to the use of white and brown sugar.



    When the human body is overloaded with such sugar and sugar mixtures, both in solid and in liquid form, nutritional deficiencies causes the vitality of the body cells to be afflicted and the may cause swellings and mucous discharges.



    Inflammatory diseases are intensified in direct proportion to the amount of sugar used.



    Cancer and diabetes have been traced to the excessive use of sugar, as so has poliomyelitis, and inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord, which causes painful crippling of the body.



    One of the biggest contributors to the cancer epidemic is the mass amounts of sugar being consumed regularly by the average individual.



    For most people, this is in the form of white, refined sugar. The sugar industry might try to tell you that sugar is simply a harmless source of carbohydrates. This is not true!



    What they don't tell you is that refined sugar:



    disrupts your blood sugar,


    signals your body to store (and hold on to) fat,


    depletes your body of important minerals,


    induces dramatic mood swings,


    makes you tired and irritable, and


    is very "addicting."


    When you eat a large quantity of sugar, your pancreas is forced to pump out a large amount of insulin to utilize the sugar as fuel.

    However, while consuming a small amount of carbohydrates is normal, and healthy, the large amount that many of us consume generates a huge insulin response that ends up signaling the body to store all incoming carbohydrates as fat. Now, while this does not directly cause cancer, the state of being overweight with high blood sugar can definitely set the stage for this deadly illness.


    Sugar turns your body into a nice, suitable breeding ground for cancer by devastating your immune system.

    Is this sucrose model from a packet of table sugar or natural sucrose from an apple

    sugar-sucrose-molecule-3d-model-17798094.jpg
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    The bottom line here is, behavioral addictions are real. Any behavior that results in a sensation of pleasure causes changes in brain chemistry that can lead to addiction. Gambling, pornography, video games, internet use, checking your cell phone, even sex - all of these things can trigger compulsive behavior or addiction.

    It's not a physiological addiction like nicotine, it is a behavioral addiction.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_addiction

    If you don't believe that pleasurable stimuli can cause behavioral addiction, I don't know what to tell you other than to do some reading up on it.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    Are people with gambling addictions making it up?

    I've already posted this;

    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.


    Both of those behaviours have + and - possible outcomes.

    Gambling: You might win, you might end up with no family and get a free pair of cement boots
    Eating: Food is delicious and it feels good to eat food you love, you might end up a lardass.

    There are benefits and risks to both of those behaviours. I don't think it's fair to compare only the positive side of gambling with only the negative side of overeating.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    I've already posted this;

    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.

    But you didn't answer the question.

    Do you think that people with gambling addictions are making it up?
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    Are people with gambling addictions making it up?

    I've already posted this;

    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.


    Both of those behaviours have + and - possible outcomes.

    Gambling: You might win, you might end up with no family and get a free pair of cement boots
    Eating: Food is delicious and it feels good to eat food you love, you might end up a lardass.

    There are benefits and risks to both of those behaviours. I don't think it's fair to compare only the positive side of gambling with only the negative side of overeating.

    I get that, but regardless - Food is delicious and it feels good to eat food you love, but there is nothing GOOD to come from it, as in.. you will get fat if you keep consuming.

    Gambling: Win lots of money, Lose lots of money.

    Win = Feel great

    Lose = Feel sad

    Food: Eat food and claim addiction

    eat it = get fat

    don't eat it = dont get fat
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I've already posted this;

    Gambling is another thing I personally can't compare.

    Gambling = an outcome of possible winnings.

    Eating too much food = outcome of turning into a whale.

    Nothing good comes from the latter.

    But you didn't answer the question.

    Do you think that people with gambling addictions are making it up?

    It's not comparable to a food addiction, so its irrelevant?
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    On these very boards you will see people say they cannot do sugar in moderation whatsoever and that they are an addict, yet when looking at their diary they eat all manners of sugars in moderation and admittedly are not going zero carb. See a contradiction there?

    I'd guess it's more of a definitional problem. They have trigger foods that presumably are high in sugar (if they say they have a sugar addiction). Then other foods that are not trigger foods for them, which may contain sugar (as many, many foods do).

    There are some similarities to some alcoholics, in that types of alcohol are more likely to trigger binges, but it's not particularly worth delving into, when the answer isn't actually dependent on the chemical compositions.

    If people need to avoid certain foods/drinks to avoid binging, they should do so. Doesn't really matter why a slice of cheesecake or a handful of Oreos isn't enough. Doesn't matter why someone will over-consume tequila and not white wine. Recognizing and adapting to the situation is the critical element.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)

    Exactly. It is not "irrelevant to anything". What you eat is irrelevant to anything other than you.
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)

    Exactly. It is not "irrelevant to anything". What you eat is irrelevant to anything other than you.

    If she states she has a medical issue, I wouldn't say it's irrelevant, she did not - so it is, infact, irrelevant to her.

    AMIRITE? ofcourse i'm right
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)

    Exactly. It is not "irrelevant to anything". What you eat is irrelevant to anything other than you.

    What's irrelevant to this THREAD is arguments over semantics. It is easily inferred what he meant, that sugar content is irrelevant to weight loss barring medical conditions.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)

    Exactly. It is not "irrelevant to anything". What you eat is irrelevant to anything other than you.

    If she states she has a medical issue, I wouldn't say it's irrelevant, she did not - so it is, infact, irrelevant to her.

    AMIRITE? ofcourse i'm right

    Yes, of course you are. We all know medical issues don't exist unless we tell ritchiebulk about them.

    But then you didn't say sugar was irrelevant to her. AMIRITE? ofcourse i'm right
  • 03melissa05
    03melissa05 Posts: 44 Member
    Abs.

    LMAO

    Amirite or Amirite?


    YES YES YES
  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm not really a sugar addict BUT my sugar content is always very high because I eat a lot of fruit. I just don't know enough healthy meals yet to take them out. THey are fine eating plain and all ... veggies i eat plain too but i don't really know many recipes yet lol

    Doesn't matter if your sugar content is high, its irrelevant to anything. Don't need to remove it from your diet if you like it.

    Nonsense

    Ok, tell me why that is non-sense, give it your best shot!

    Sugar content matters for blood glucose levels. Blood glucose levels matter as much as any other blood levels. It's utter and complete nonsense to say sugar content is "irrelevant to anything".

    Ok, sure if you have medical issues.

    She didn't state medical issues.

    I eat 150g of sugar a day, maybe more, it's irrelevant whether it be 10g of sugar or 150g of sugar, (providing no medical issues)

    Exactly. It is not "irrelevant to anything". What you eat is irrelevant to anything other than you.

    If she states she has a medical issue, I wouldn't say it's irrelevant, she did not - so it is, infact, irrelevant to her.

    AMIRITE? ofcourse i'm right

    Yes, of course you are. We all know medical issues don't exist unless we tell ritchiebulk about them.

    But then you didn't say sugar was irrelevant to her. AMIRITE? ofcourse i'm right

    I quoted her, and told her, it is irrelevant - so yes? Yes i did.

    If you had kept your nose out, we wouldn't be having this conversation - it's because of threads like this people start to worry about their MEASLY 60g sugar content when they don't have to.