Sugar: good or bad?

stephieb186
stephieb186 Posts: 127
in Food and Nutrition
I'm eating green grapes as a snack, but I put them in my food diary and it says there is a lot of sugar in them. Should I worry about this? Or is it a good sugar? I'm confused...

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  • Ketomaniac9
    Ketomaniac9 Posts: 108 Member
    It's natural good sugar
  • FTClown
    FTClown Posts: 181
    From what I understand about sugar is that, sugar is sugar, no matter what type, the body cannot tell a difference.
    But going over on sugars from time to time is just fine, sugar is not actually THAT harmful for you as long as you do not let it just sit there.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Sugar is sugar, I'd freak out since I heard sugar does all sorts of bad things. I recently read a headline that said the fructoze made rats dumber
  • FTClown
    FTClown Posts: 181
    And also natural sugarsbreak down easier than artifical
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/UponThisRock/view/sugar-219993
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    i don't mind the sugar, but then again i'm a bad boy.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    sugar needs spankings.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Fruit is healthy. While grapes do contain a good amount of sugar, it's important to look at the whole "package". In addition to sugar, grapes contain fiber, antioxidants and a lot of valuable nutrients. This is why fruit is healthy and some other sugary foods are not.
  • stephieb186
    stephieb186 Posts: 127
    Sugar is sugar, I'd freak out since I heard sugar does all sorts of bad things. I recently read a headline that said the fructoze made rats dumber

    Actually they did a study at UCLA on rats that said high fructose corn syrup is associated with the slowing of synapsis' firing in the brain. Which in turn is making you stupid. So... Bad processed food makes you dumb.
  • Ketomaniac9
    Ketomaniac9 Posts: 108 Member
    Sugar is sugar, I'd freak out since I heard sugar does all sorts of bad things. I recently read a headline that said the fructoze made rats dumber

    Actually they did a study at UCLA on rats that said high fructose corn syrup is associated with the slowing of synapsis' firing in the brain. Which in turn is making you stupid. So... Bad processed food makes you dumb.

    Yeah I swear I could feel myself getting dumber and not remembering things and i'm only 33..

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