Daily goals: Sugar
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@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>0
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blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
You're right, i will leave quietly.0 -
blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
You're right, i will leave quietly.
You'd better be quiet on your way out, if you wake the baby up, your wife might kill you
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blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
It sells a lot more books and products if you use pseudoscience and cherry-picked facts to demonize a particular food/nutrient/food group and insinuate that you have the "secret" to health, weight loss, etc.0 -
blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
It sells a lot more books and products if you use pseudoscience and cherry-picked facts to demonize a particular food/nutrient/food group and insinuate that you have the "secret" to health, weight loss, etc.
I agree, I've made similar comments before as well. Just like the headlines on magazines are designed to sell. Quick fix! Lose 10 pounds next week, learn how inside! (reminds me of mfp's blog). Quick fix = quick yoyo. Make changes you can sustain for a lifetime, and learn the tools that will enable you to get back on track as soon as you start to go astray.
Sugar is just the next in line, after 'wheat belly', which followed 'eggs', 'fat', 'margarine instead of butter!' aka 'ooh, dairy makes you fat' etc etc.
Sorry, eating too many calories made us fat.0 -
edited sorry0
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motivccess wrote: »
Who knows? Maybe they assume most of us aren't getting much sugar from fruit, veg, or dairy, which is likely wrong in many cases.0 -
blankiefinder wrote: »blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
It sells a lot more books and products if you use pseudoscience and cherry-picked facts to demonize a particular food/nutrient/food group and insinuate that you have the "secret" to health, weight loss, etc.
I agree, I've made similar comments before as well. Just like the headlines on magazines are designed to sell. Quick fix! Lose 10 pounds next week, learn how inside! (reminds me of mfp's blog). Quick fix = quick yoyo. Make changes you can sustain for a lifetime, and learn the tools that will enable you to get back on track as soon as you start to go astray.
Sugar is just the next in line, after 'wheat belly', which followed 'eggs', 'fat', 'margarine instead of butter!' aka 'ooh, dairy makes you fat' etc etc.
Sorry, eating too many calories made us fat.
Not to mention that so many people equal the management technique with the cause of diabetes/IR. Just because reducing carbs helps manage the problem does not mean that it was caused by eating too many.0 -
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blankiefinder wrote: »blankiefinder wrote: »@psulemon get out of here with all your sensibleness. How could you possibly insinuate that people don't get fat from eating too much sugar, that they get fat because they ate too many carbs, too many fats, and too many proteins?? <j/k>
It sells a lot more books and products if you use pseudoscience and cherry-picked facts to demonize a particular food/nutrient/food group and insinuate that you have the "secret" to health, weight loss, etc.
I agree, I've made similar comments before as well. Just like the headlines on magazines are designed to sell. Quick fix! Lose 10 pounds next week, learn how inside! (reminds me of mfp's blog). Quick fix = quick yoyo. Make changes you can sustain for a lifetime, and learn the tools that will enable you to get back on track as soon as you start to go astray.
Sugar is just the next in line, after 'wheat belly', which followed 'eggs', 'fat', 'margarine instead of butter!' aka 'ooh, dairy makes you fat' etc etc.
Sorry, eating too many calories made us fat.
Not to mention that so many people equal the management technique with the cause of diabetes/IR. Just because reducing carbs helps manage the problem does not mean that it was caused by eating too many.
Yes, I notice this too all the time and like to point out that it is not listed as a cause.
I wonder how many people think peanut allergies are caused by eating peanuts.0 -
Thanks to all of you smart people0
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I regularly go over my sugar goal due to natural sugars in food but not normally in one serving of yoghurt and one apple. Perhaps just choose yoghurts without added sugar? If you like it sweet you can add your own so you know how much you are getting in each serve.
I think the big difference between sugar in a piece of fruit and just plain sugar is that the sugar in the fruit also gets delivered to the body with fibre and is way more filling. 'That Sugar Film' is a great movie which really opens your eyes to added sugar in 'health' foods. It might help you. Good luck!0 -
I regularly go over my sugar goal due to natural sugars in food but not normally in one serving of yoghurt and one apple. Perhaps just choose yoghurts without added sugar? If you like it sweet you can add your own so you know how much you are getting in each serve.
I think the big difference between sugar in a piece of fruit and just plain sugar is that the sugar in the fruit also gets delivered to the body with fibre and is way more filling. 'That Sugar Film' is a great movie which really opens your eyes to added sugar in 'health' foods. It might help you. Good luck!
@Jodi2101 Welcome to MFP forums.
I think most people agree eating 10 grams of sugar by eating apples, bananas, grapes, etc would be much better than eating 10 grams of sugar by eating donuts for the good reasons you state. Yet for some reason it is the stuff with added sugar that grabs our attention so.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »I regularly go over my sugar goal due to natural sugars in food but not normally in one serving of yoghurt and one apple. Perhaps just choose yoghurts without added sugar? If you like it sweet you can add your own so you know how much you are getting in each serve.
I think the big difference between sugar in a piece of fruit and just plain sugar is that the sugar in the fruit also gets delivered to the body with fibre and is way more filling. 'That Sugar Film' is a great movie which really opens your eyes to added sugar in 'health' foods. It might help you. Good luck!
@Jodi2101 Welcome to MFP forums.
I think most people agree eating 10 grams of sugar by eating apples, bananas, grapes, etc would be much better than eating 10 grams of sugar by eating donuts for the good reasons you state. Yet for some reason it is the stuff with added sugar that grabs our attention so.
Sugar = sugar
Not sure why that is such a hard concept to grasp...0 -
I regularly go over my sugar goal due to natural sugars in food but not normally in one serving of yoghurt and one apple. Perhaps just choose yoghurts without added sugar? If you like it sweet you can add your own so you know how much you are getting in each serve.
I think the big difference between sugar in a piece of fruit and just plain sugar is that the sugar in the fruit also gets delivered to the body with fibre and is way more filling. 'That Sugar Film' is a great movie which really opens your eyes to added sugar in 'health' foods. It might help you. Good luck!
Fiber does not change the fact that sugar = sugar
What if one gets fiber from a different source?0 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »I regularly go over my sugar goal due to natural sugars in food but not normally in one serving of yoghurt and one apple. Perhaps just choose yoghurts without added sugar? If you like it sweet you can add your own so you know how much you are getting in each serve.
I think the big difference between sugar in a piece of fruit and just plain sugar is that the sugar in the fruit also gets delivered to the body with fibre and is way more filling. 'That Sugar Film' is a great movie which really opens your eyes to added sugar in 'health' foods. It might help you. Good luck!
@Jodi2101 Welcome to MFP forums.
I think most people agree eating 10 grams of sugar by eating apples, bananas, grapes, etc would be much better than eating 10 grams of sugar by eating donuts for the good reasons you state. Yet for some reason it is the stuff with added sugar that grabs our attention so.
Pretty much comes down to fear mongering and not looking at a diet in context.. no different than the past 20 years in regards to fat.0 -
@ndj1979 I'm not sure what your question is? I never said sugar doesn't equal sugar. I just included the fibre part with eating whole fruit because it makes you feel full. It's hard to eat 8 apples in one hit but an apple juice made with 8 apples is a lot easier because the skin/fibre has been removed. Making it easy to have a little too much sugar and therefore calories.0
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