which is worse, fat or sugar?

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  • snoople1
    snoople1 Posts: 18 Member
    Sugar is much worse.

    Your body needs fat for brain function, cell renewal, and satiety. As long as the majority of fats that you're eating are the healthy ones :).

    Your body doesn't need sugar for anything. Most of what you eat is converted into glucose, and sugar is already glucose, hence why it makes your blood sugar spike; your body doesn't need much energy to digest it.

    Also, if you're prone to binges, healthy fats tends to help ward off the urge :)

    I second this.
  • Lila90
    Lila90 Posts: 27
    I always balance out my fats & sugars in moderation.

    I alternate between coconut sugar & coconut nectar for their natural low glycemic index & rich minerals/nutrients.

    For healthy fats, i stick with avocados, chia seeds, flax oil, coconut oil, grapeseed oil, & homemade walnut butter.
  • bizarrefish
    bizarrefish Posts: 41 Member
    SUGAR is much WORSE than Fat

    This! ^^^^^

    Our bodies are not designed to digest and deal with the amount of sugar that is in our diets today. .... I avoid anything that is over 5g of sugar per 100g/serve.

    Eat the real deal....avoid low fat foods which are often loaded up with sugar - avoid added sugars and adding sugar to cuppas... 1-2 pieces of fruit a day is enough......and your appetite control system will restore itself and re-balance (sugar interferes with our FULL triggers) and you will be much healthier for it.

    Read :
    I Quit Sugar
    Sweet Deception

    I agree with these sentiments. Confusion seems to be arising from the difference between the glucose you need internally, and the sugar you need to eat. In dietary terms, sugar is optional. Simple sugars/carbohydrates will upset your insulin and have bad effects UNLESS you go and make use of it by doing exercise. Without the exercise, the sugar will get stored away as glycogen and fat. As long as your body has this, it doesn't really need to touch fat stores and weight loss will be modest. Your body can synthesize enough glucose to run your body from fat(mainly) and protein, hence why very-low-carb dieting works without killing you. In short, your body needs glucose, but it doesn't need you to eat it. I lost about 70lbs on a high carb diet, myself, while putting in lots and lots of exercise. I'm now on keto to try and positively effect my energy/mood, and I feel very healthy indeed.
    Seems to me that if you wanna lose weight and can't/won't exercise, you've gotta cut out carbs.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    SUGAR is much WORSE than Fat

    This! ^^^^^

    Our bodies are not designed to digest and deal with the amount of sugar that is in our diets today. .... I avoid anything that is over 5g of sugar per 100g/serve.

    Eat the real deal....avoid low fat foods which are often loaded up with sugar - avoid added sugars and adding sugar to cuppas... 1-2 pieces of fruit a day is enough......and your appetite control system will restore itself and re-balance (sugar interferes with our FULL triggers) and you will be much healthier for it.

    Read :
    I Quit Sugar
    Sweet Deception
    Actually we primarily evolved as frugivores, so your "our body's cant deal with that amount of sugar" is nonsense.
  • boehle
    boehle Posts: 5,062 Member

    What is glucose?


    he is on fire!
  • bizarrefish
    bizarrefish Posts: 41 Member
    We can tolerate some amounts of sugar it's true, but that's not to say we can tolerate any amount.
    We didn't evolve with wheat or TV sets, either. I'm not going to complain that X is unnatural and processed and therefore evil, because that's basically dogma.
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    in to read for later

    :devil:

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