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I URGE ANYONE WHOS TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT TO READ
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are you married to lindsey1979?????
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And the person who knows nothing but thinks they know everything? Now it's complete.
It's the circle of life.0 -
Tell me specifically how sugar in soda is worse for you than sugar in fruit. I'm just curious as to the specifics.
The ratios of fructose and glucose are pretty much the same in both fruit and table sugar. Most fruits are 40 to 55 percent fructose (there's some variation: 65 percent in apples and pears; 20 percent in cranberries), and table sugar (aka sucrose) is 50/50. Neither type of sugar is better or worse for you, but your body processes them differently. Fructose breaks down in your liver and doesn’t provoke an insulin response. Glucose starts to break down in the stomach and requires the release of insulin into the bloodstream to be metabolized completely.
For one thing, fruit offers good stuff like vitamins, antioxidants and water, while candy and desserts are nutritionally void. Fruit also tends to have less sugar by volume. Half a cup of strawberries: 3.5 grams of sugar. Half a cup of strawberry ice cream: 15 grams.
Plus, whole fruit has a lot of fiber, which actually slows down your body's digestion of glucose, so you don't get the crazy insulin spike (and subsequent crash) that candy causes. That also means your body has more time to use up glucose as fuel before storing it -- as fat. Even dried fruit, a notoriously sugary treat, has all the fiber and nutrients of its plump forbear. But do watch out for dried fruits with added sugar(check the nutrition label), and don't eat a ton just because they're smaller.0 -
Thank you to those who have common sense enough to understand the implications of refined sugar on the body. yeah sure body loves sugar but not in doses so high that all it can is store it. Like I said drink it I dont care all I drink now is water. Fullstop. Ripped and happy, are you!
If you are in a deficit...dear god. I can't do this. I just can't.0 -
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.... you serious bro?0
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because no one wants to believe that it really is that easy ...they all want complex studies on how if we eat like our paleo brethren it will take us back to a magical time when there was no disease and everyone was healthy; or they just want a "quick fix"....
Life coaches agree with that. People overcomplicate things as an excuse for not trying.0 -
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Thank you to those who have common sense enough to understand the implications of refined sugar on the body. yeah sure body loves sugar but not in doses so high that all it can is store it. Like I said drink it I dont care all I drink now is water. Fullstop. Ripped and happy, are you!
Why yes I am. Refined sugars and all.0 -
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Have a coke and a smile.
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So the article mentions that Coke rasises your metabolism. A subsequent poster mentions that Fructose does not provoke an insulin response ...
Wouldn't those 2 things combine to make coke the perfect weight loss drink?0 -
Ripped and happy, are you!
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Ok i didn't even bother going to the site as after seeing everyones posts it sounds like its not worth it. HOWEVER sodas/coke and all that crap is HORRIBLE for your body. All those chemicals some of which are not fit to even enter the body. Just because the FDA say its safe for human consumption doesn't mean that it is! You want to have a sweet drink then drink a passionfruit juice or prune juice. There are so many sweet alternatives.
Peace
LOL. Prune juice.
I'd love to, but the side effects would be less than fun 0 -
Though I didn't know most of this, I'm glad my boys have never had an ounce of pop/soda pass their lips. They've never even asked for it. They prefer water or chocolate soy milk.0 -
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Though I didn't know most of this, I'm glad my boys have never had an ounce of pop/soda pass their lips. They've never even asked for it. They prefer water or chocolate soy milk.
And when they do ask for it? What happens then?0 -
IN...
for prune juice and what all that wiping does to your *kitten*!0 -
And when they do ask for it? What happens then?
Answer:
They grow up and drink it at their friends' houses.0 -
I'm "ripped" and happy. I eat refined sugar. umadbro?
BTW, where can I can i get those dumbbells you have in your pic?
Just use soup cans...They're about the same weight.0 -
look its the OP after drinking one soda...!!0 -
and yet what i do find absolutely hilarious is the number of people who gave the article a bad reference that dont even lift LOL good one better luck next weigh in
I didn't even bother to read the article and YES I gave it a bad reference right off the bat, just by looking at the link. Sorry, but if you want to stand behind a good reference don't post an article from a website that is a .com, anyone can buy a .com site and anyone and their dog can go onto the site and write as they wish. You essentially just posted a blog article, that spewed tons of "scientific information" and yet 1, it's not their study, 2 they did not reference any of "their sources" for these findings and 3 no one with any credentials next to their name is anywhere near that article. YOU did it wrong, so don't blame people when they think the article is full of it especially when going to the web site, it is immediately posted with advertisements and pop ups. Next time, search in a .edu or .gov before posting "scientific information".
Now, about the sugars. YES, there is a ton of sugar in soda, YES, soda is bad for you if not done in moderation. <---- you see that word right there? MODERATION! That must be kept in mind for everything, including your precious water. Also, just because you lift, doesn't make you any more knowledgeable than anyone else.... Lifting is not a credential. Don't start bashing others either when in regards to being in shape etc... Obviously, you needed to better yourself fitness wise too, you had to go through a similar journey, so who are you to mock another's path or journey? But, I see how it is. If you were your former self, you would never mock someone's athleticism, but now that your "skinny and/or ripped" (the last part is opinion based, ripped is in the eye of the beholder) you are willing to become the mean girl....err....boy?0 -
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Supported facts? OK, then show us the support for these "facts." Haven't found them in my textbooks. Nor have I found anything in pubmed, or Google Scholar. Snopes has an entire section on Coke, but not anything that actually supports your "facts."
ok well these are supported facts if you think its all scare monging blah blah then drink it to your hearts content I don't really care. The fact is coke and post mix syrups are so incredibly bad for you its a joke. Feel free to drink it but as far as somethings say post workout there a million other things that are better for you and the sugar levels in syrup, coke and energy drinks are off the charts. Like I said just pointing out to people who want to lose weight that water is your friend.0 -
The ratios of fructose and glucose are pretty much the same in both fruit and table sugar. Most fruits are 40 to 55 percent fructose (there's some variation: 65 percent in apples and pears; 20 percent in cranberries), and table sugar (aka sucrose) is 50/50. Neither type of sugar is better or worse for you, but your body processes them differently. Fructose breaks down in your liver and doesn’t provoke an insulin response. Glucose starts to break down in the stomach and requires the release of insulin into the bloodstream to be metabolized completely.
For one thing, fruit offers good stuff like vitamins, antioxidants and water, while candy and desserts are nutritionally void. Fruit also tends to have less sugar by volume. Half a cup of strawberries: 3.5 grams of sugar. Half a cup of strawberry ice cream: 15 grams.
Plus, whole fruit has a lot of fiber, which actually slows down your body's digestion of glucose, so you don't get the crazy insulin spike (and subsequent crash) that candy causes. That also means your body has more time to use up glucose as fuel before storing it -- as fat. Even dried fruit, a notoriously sugary treat, has all the fiber and nutrients of its plump forbear. But do watch out for dried fruits with added sugar(check the nutrition label), and don't eat a ton just because they're smaller.
so if I take some fiber with my candy bar it would then be equivalent to sugar found in fruit?0 -
how do you know what they prefer if an ounce has never passed their lips?
Though I didn't know most of this, I'm glad my boys have never had an ounce of pop/soda pass their lips. They've never even asked for it. They prefer water or chocolate soy milk.0 -
Well, I don't do Coke, but here's what happens to your body if you drink Diet Pepsi... while counting calories and strength/body weight training...
Your results may vary.0
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