How damaging is having too much sugar in your diet?
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Well done. You'll feel better when you get past the initial withdrawals. I agree with others who suggest replacing some of your caffeine intake with coffee or tea. Those are low calorie if you don't add sugar.
I gave up soda myself a couple years ago, more due to caffeine, and sparkling water is my replacement. I miss the fizz.1 -
stanmann571 wrote: »ilovefood9998 wrote: »Good job on tapering off the sugary sodas. What are you replacing the soda with? Are you drinking more water?
The important thing to keep in mind is that your body will continue to crave sugars / carbs unless you address the underlying cause of the sugar cravings by eliminating the candida overgrowth.
I have replaced the soda with sugar free diluted juice as I hate drinking water. The taste of water is so unsatisfying that it makes me crave soda again. Without soda my sugar intake is generally very average so I can hopefully get it under control
Replacing one sugary drink with another isn't going to help you cut calories.
And yes juice is a sugary drink.
Sugar Free Diluting Juice isn't a sugary drink?2 -
If you're looking for a change in weight, then it's the calories from that soda that I would be more concerned about. Switching to diet soda could make a HUGE difference for you.
Also.. honestly... why are you not drinking water?0 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »ilovefood9998 wrote: »Good job on tapering off the sugary sodas. What are you replacing the soda with? Are you drinking more water?
The important thing to keep in mind is that your body will continue to crave sugars / carbs unless you address the underlying cause of the sugar cravings by eliminating the candida overgrowth.
I have replaced the soda with sugar free diluted juice as I hate drinking water. The taste of water is so unsatisfying that it makes me crave soda again. Without soda my sugar intake is generally very average so I can hopefully get it under control
Replacing one sugary drink with another isn't going to help you cut calories.
And yes juice is a sugary drink.
Sugar Free Diluting Juice isn't a sugary drink?
If it's juice it's not sugar free... it might be no sugar added...
8 oz of orange or apple juice has as much sugar as 8 oz of pepsi or coke.
Check the nutrition facts for yourself.3 -
Replacing one sugary drink with another isn't going to help you cut calories.
And yes juice is a sugary drink. [/quote]
The diluted juice has 3 calories per 250mls and I only add around 25mls of it and there is only 0.3 grams of sugar in every 250 mls.
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stanmann571 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »ilovefood9998 wrote: »Good job on tapering off the sugary sodas. What are you replacing the soda with? Are you drinking more water?
The important thing to keep in mind is that your body will continue to crave sugars / carbs unless you address the underlying cause of the sugar cravings by eliminating the candida overgrowth.
I have replaced the soda with sugar free diluted juice as I hate drinking water. The taste of water is so unsatisfying that it makes me crave soda again. Without soda my sugar intake is generally very average so I can hopefully get it under control
Replacing one sugary drink with another isn't going to help you cut calories.
And yes juice is a sugary drink.
Sugar Free Diluting Juice isn't a sugary drink?
If it's juice it's not sugar free... it might be no sugar added...
Depends on what you call juice, we would call sugar free cordial "juice" where I am from and as OP has stated that they are getting about 35g of sugar from food, one would assume they are aware of the content of what they are drinking?0 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »ilovefood9998 wrote: »Good job on tapering off the sugary sodas. What are you replacing the soda with? Are you drinking more water?
The important thing to keep in mind is that your body will continue to crave sugars / carbs unless you address the underlying cause of the sugar cravings by eliminating the candida overgrowth.
I have replaced the soda with sugar free diluted juice as I hate drinking water. The taste of water is so unsatisfying that it makes me crave soda again. Without soda my sugar intake is generally very average so I can hopefully get it under control
Replacing one sugary drink with another isn't going to help you cut calories.
And yes juice is a sugary drink.
Sugar Free Diluting Juice isn't a sugary drink?
If it's juice it's not sugar free... it might be no sugar added...
Depends on what you call juice, we would call sugar free cordial "juice" where I am from.
Juice is juice.
Some people call Sunny D juice. It's not.1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
People DO NOT get diabetes from eating sugar. They get diabetes because their pancreas is not functioning properly, therefore the body does not process serum glucose the way it should. Why does this happen?
4 most common causes:
Genetics
Obesity
Age
Long term use of some medications
Also there is some correlation between things like cancer treatments in childhood, Mom having gestational diabetes, increase of arsenic and some pesticides in the body, and other things. These are correlations that merit more study but not proven causation.
Good on you for cutting down the soda consumption. That is a lot of calories with minimal nutritional benefit
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There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
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Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.7 -
I started putting 1 packet of this (10 calories, sweetened with stevia and cane sugar) in a 64 oz pitcher of water. The packet says put it in 16 oz of water but that's way too strong for me.
Mixing it in my pitcher gives it just enough flavor to make it taste pretty good without being overpowering. Only 10 calories and I have no problem getting my minimum goal for drinking per day. It tastes good even diluted so much!
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There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
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There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
I agree. Excess body fat can also mess with insulin secretion. It's a double edged sword. Over consumption of sugar will contribute heavily to both scenarios. If your level of consumption is under control then fine, no it won't cause type 2 diabetes on it's own. Sadly for some people that's not the case. Type 2 diabetes used to be something associated with age but now people are getting it younger all the time. Sugar is hidden in so much of the foods we eat and manufacturers hide it under the guises of so many different names. They put it in foods specifically aimed at dieters and label them fat free to fool us.1 -
There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
I agree. Excess body fat can also mess with insulin secretion. It's a double edged sword. Over consumption of sugar will contribute heavily to both scenarios. If your level of consumption is under control then fine, no it won't cause type 2 diabetes on it's own. Sadly for some people that's not the case. Type 2 diabetes used to be something associated with age but now people are getting it younger all the time. Sugar is hidden in so much of the foods we eat and manufacturers hide it under the guises of so many different names. They put it in foods specifically aimed at dieters and label them fat free to fool us.
I have never understood the bold - even if you don't know that some of the ingredients are sugar, it says right on the package nutrition label (in the US at least) how much sugar is in the food. How can it be hidden if it's right there on the label?13 -
There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
I agree. Excess body fat can also mess with insulin secretion. It's a double edged sword. Over consumption of sugar will contribute heavily to both scenarios. If your level of consumption is under control then fine, no it won't cause type 2 diabetes on it's own. Sadly for some people that's not the case. Type 2 diabetes used to be something associated with age but now people are getting it younger all the time. Sugar is hidden in so much of the foods we eat and manufacturers hide it under the guises of so many different names. They put it in foods specifically aimed at dieters and label them fat free to fool us.
I have never understood the bold - even if you don't know that some of the ingredients are sugar, it says right on the package nutrition label (in the US at least) how much sugar is in the food. How can it be hidden if it's right there on the label?
Mostly because people have never learned and have never been taught to read the label correctly.4 -
Yes, it's a vast sugar conspiracy. Lol5
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stanmann571 wrote: »There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
I agree. Excess body fat can also mess with insulin secretion. It's a double edged sword. Over consumption of sugar will contribute heavily to both scenarios. If your level of consumption is under control then fine, no it won't cause type 2 diabetes on it's own. Sadly for some people that's not the case. Type 2 diabetes used to be something associated with age but now people are getting it younger all the time. Sugar is hidden in so much of the foods we eat and manufacturers hide it under the guises of so many different names. They put it in foods specifically aimed at dieters and label them fat free to fool us.
I have never understood the bold - even if you don't know that some of the ingredients are sugar, it says right on the package nutrition label (in the US at least) how much sugar is in the food. How can it be hidden if it's right there on the label?
Mostly because people have never learned and have never been taught to read the label correctly.
They put total sugar content on UK food labels but they don't tell you how much of it is added sugar.0 -
stanmann571 wrote: »There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. It contains vitamins and fibre. Sugary drinks are one of the worst things you can consume. Liquid sugar and empty calories with no nutritional value at all.
But the diabetes isn't because of sugar. It's much more likely because of your weight.rheddmobile wrote: »It's all fun and games until someone gets diabetes!
Which I did, this past winter, and it sucks, so be happy you stopped now. You're young and more than likely you have escaped any bad effects, but a checkup is a good idea anyway.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Of course sugar causes diabetes. If you consume too much sugar over a long period of time your pancreas gets worn out trying to produce enough insulin to deal with it and the end result is type 2 diabetes. Your liver takes all the excess sugar and turns what the body doesn't need for energy at that moment and turns it into fat. The fat produced is partly LDL cholesterol which in turn blocks your arteries and causes strokes and heart attacks. Your liver also starts to store fat which is not good. The sugar industry has attacked and tried to discredit every scientist who has tried to make this known to society.
No, eating sugar doesn't CAUSE diabetes.
I agree. Excess body fat can also mess with insulin secretion. It's a double edged sword. Over consumption of sugar will contribute heavily to both scenarios. If your level of consumption is under control then fine, no it won't cause type 2 diabetes on it's own. Sadly for some people that's not the case. Type 2 diabetes used to be something associated with age but now people are getting it younger all the time. Sugar is hidden in so much of the foods we eat and manufacturers hide it under the guises of so many different names. They put it in foods specifically aimed at dieters and label them fat free to fool us.
I have never understood the bold - even if you don't know that some of the ingredients are sugar, it says right on the package nutrition label (in the US at least) how much sugar is in the food. How can it be hidden if it's right there on the label?
Mostly because people have never learned and have never been taught to read the label correctly.
They put total sugar content on UK food labels but they don't tell you how much of it is added sugar.
Why does it matter? If you're that concerned about it, Google 'other names for sugar' or some such and learn what to look for.5 -
Exactly as damaging as any other caloric surplus. There is nothing special about sugar other than a marginally shorter metabolic pathway.5
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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."ilovefood9998 wrote: »Yes, the withdrawal is literally killing me.
- Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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Replacing sugar pop with diet pop or water is a great idea. Fruit juice... not as much... Eat your fruit!
Unless you're taking added sugars, the amounts of sugar you're talking about at crazy low.
Vegetables, fruits, yogurt all have sugar and there is nothing wrong with eating them.
Sugar recommendations in most countries are around 100g a day. The reasoning for the limits is mostly to control mouth hygiene and to help control overall weight.
Most people don't log their calories or look at their macros and nutrition as logged. so they use alternative methods to control their weight. "One special treat a day". "Eat a variety of food, not too sweet, not too much" "aim for meals the size of two of.your fists" etc etc etc. The beauty of MFP is that you can be much more precise.
Most of the bad outcomes associated with sugar as described upthread (turns to fat, fatty liver, etc) require an energy surplus.
Again sugary items are easy to overeat (pop, sweets) and when when making recommendations panels address multiple issues.
When I looked into this for myself I found very little to suggest that in a condition of energy balance and in particular in the presence of sufficient activity and exercise that 100g or more of naturally occuring sugar a day will cause any issues in people without pre existing medical conditions.
Moving beyond that... you are an 18yo at the prime of your muscle building potential. It is crazy to be concerned with reducing a 2200 calorie diet into a 1500 calorie one to lose weight unless you are significantly overweight or obese. Which you have said you aren't.
First I would examine how accurate your calculations are, but beyond that, I would concentrate on increasing movement and exercise, eating a healthy variety of food in normal portions and possibly on strength building exercises as opposed to trying to reduce body weight by reducing food intake.
So, in a way, recomposition as opposed to weight loss. This is assuming you are at what is defined a normal weight or not much above that.5
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