Oh noes! Sugar can make you dumb?

Acg67
Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
edited December 19 in Food and Nutrition
Here's the headline "Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn"

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-us-scientists-warn-190918006.html

Here's the study ;

"Metabolic syndrome" in the brain: Deficiency in omega-3-fatty acid exacerbates dysfunctions in insulin receptor signaling and cognition. J Physiol. 2012 May 15;590(Pt 10):2485-99

http://jp.physoc.org/content/early/2012/03/31/jphysiol.2012.230078.abstract

Should we all freak out about sugar?
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  • shedoos
    shedoos Posts: 446 Member
    Well THIS certainly explains some of the posts on MFP...
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Well THIS certainly explains some of the posts on MFP...

    As well as other daily interactions. Here, I've been blaming pregnancy and mother hood for the past 3 years, but it's really been those damn twizzlers and all that chocolate the whole time.
  • pobski
    pobski Posts: 42 Member
    Good thing I try to keep a 1-1 fish oil to jelly bean ratio, otherwise I'd be a fool
  • Faintgreeneyes
    Faintgreeneyes Posts: 729 Member
    No. But, I am sure those that are "anti" sugar will take this and run with it.

    The was a test that was done on lab rats, they even stated they don't know what the human correlation or amount would be. Besides the fact that the rats were given the sugar solution as drinking water, it is a very controlled very specific study, I am sure that if you had a human only ingest sugar for 6 weeks, that you could find the same correlation.

    But- people will and can find studies to back up their wildly stupid claims about what is "bad" for us.

    Me- I will continue to eat what I want, in moderation.
  • sapalee
    sapalee Posts: 409 Member
    Couldn't access the whole original paper but it looks like the lack of omega-3 in addition to the high fructose is the main problem. We've seen research like this before with regard to dementia and Alzheimer's or "type-3 diabetes". I am glad to see more and more research coming out about Metabolic Syndrome/Dysfunction. Very interesting stuff.

    Freak out? No, I'm not going to "freak out" about anything related to diet.

    Consider that sugar intake does more harm than good long term and eat accordingly? Yes, especially in a typical US diet lacking in omega-3 in relation to high omega-6.

    I'll stick to my no to little added sugar and omega-3 supplementation. It's not hurting anything, and regardless of long term benefits: I feel better for it now.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    Should we all freak out about sugar?

    no...we shouldn't. but, this thread will quickly fill up with people bragging about how they eat all the sugar they want, still lose weight and how staying in a caloric deficit is ALL that matters.
  • sapalee
    sapalee Posts: 409 Member
    Good thing I try to keep a 1-1 fish oil to jelly bean ratio, otherwise I'd be a fool

    This is awesome, thank you!
  • jennifer52484
    jennifer52484 Posts: 888 Member
    Good thing I try to keep a 1-1 fish oil to jelly bean ratio, otherwise I'd be a fool

    haha..
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Should we all freak out about sugar?

    It seems quite a few people anticipated this study since they've been freaking out about sugar for years already.

    On that note, my breakfast was a mini Milky Way and a Mini 3 Musketeers. Yum.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Lol
    The important thing to remember is that not all fructose is created equal. “We’re not talking about naturally occurring fructose in fruits, which also contain important antioxidants,” explained Gomez-Pinilla. “We’re more concerned about the fructose in high-fructose corn syrup, which is added to manufactured food products as a sweetener and preservative.”

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/05/16/fructose-may-make-you-stupid-but-omega-3s-can-smarten-you-back-up/
  • dansls1
    dansls1 Posts: 309 Member
    Note that the study could indicate that a lack of omega 3 fatty acids makes you dumb as well, not an excess of sure - or more correctly a good ratio of one to the other. If I were a scientist I would shoot some of the headline grabbers who report my work and exaggerate or misinterpret the results.
  • ambitious01
    ambitious01 Posts: 209 Member
    Well THIS certainly explains some of the posts on MFP...

    lol :laugh:
  • MaryDreamer
    MaryDreamer Posts: 439
    I heard it causes cancer and now also makes us dumb - bummer!
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    What sapalee said; I read the headline, I read the article, then I read the headline again in confusion. Grr.


    Sugar Solution Kills Rats!
    Rats were fed a solution of sugar and rat poison and died, compared to the control group which were fed water and rat food.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    ***Panicking***
    Wait, got it under control now. My problem with products that contain HFCS is that it seems to tear up my stomach - I don't know if it is that, or other stuff that happens to be in those products as well.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    Me love shooger. Me stoooopid.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    [On that note, my breakfast was a mini Milky Way and a Mini 3 Musketeers. Yum.

    See, this is just one of the reasons we get along . . . we're dumbing it up together. My brain just said "I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that, let's go get dumb."
  • budhandy
    budhandy Posts: 305 Member
    all I can say is THANK GOD. All these years i thought it was drug/alcohol abuse that was making me dumb, now that I know sugar cause my dumbness----let the booze---weed party BEGIN
  • athensguy
    athensguy Posts: 550
    No. But, I am sure those that are "anti" sugar will take this and run with it.

    The was a test that was done on lab rats, they even stated they don't know what the human correlation or amount would be. Besides the fact that the rats were given the sugar solution as drinking water, it is a very controlled very specific study, I am sure that if you had a human only ingest sugar for 6 weeks, that you could find the same correlation.

    But- people will and can find studies to back up their wildly stupid claims about what is "bad" for us.

    Me- I will continue to eat what I want, in moderation.

    There's not much difference between HFCS beverages and sugar water. Ignore it if you want, but the evidence is suggesting that fructose consumption plays a part in accelerating several health problems.
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    I am not a rat. Bad study is bad. And you knew it :flowerforyou:
  • athensguy
    athensguy Posts: 550
    all I can say is THANK GOD. All these years i thought it was drug/alcohol abuse that was making me dumb, now that I know sugar cause my dumbness----let the booze---weed party BEGIN

    Moderate alcohol consumption is good for you. A lot of controlled studies with weed have found the same thing.

    I'm not sure you can consume enough weed for it to be considered excess, but like alcohol, fructose can be consumed to excess where it causes problems.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    That sounded more like a lack of Omega 3's than too much sugar to me... But that's not a trendy headline...
  • JoolieW68
    JoolieW68 Posts: 1,879 Member
    I figured my ditziness was due to my hair color. Thank DOG its just cuz of teh sugar.

    Nom nom nom.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    .......one word:

    Homer. Simpson.


    Oh, wait, that is two words. Doh, shouldn't have eaten that donut!

    I am so smart, SMRT!
  • bashiera
    bashiera Posts: 140 Member
    What sapalee said; I read the headline, I read the article, then I read the headline again in confusion. Grr.


    Sugar Solution Kills Rats!
    Rats were fed a solution of sugar and rat poison and died, compared to the control group which were fed water and rat food.
    Well that makes perfect sense.
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  • giselle9938
    giselle9938 Posts: 194 Member
    Let me see if I got this... The study says sugar make you dumb? so that means insuline reduce the glucouse levels in your blood and make you smarter? Wow!!! and I thought that diabetes was a bad thing! lol

    *** Sarcasm!
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    Let me see if I got this... The study says sugar make you dumb? so that means insuline reduce the glucouse levels in your blood and make you smarter? Wow!!! and I thought that diabetes was a bad thing! lol

    Diabetes is still a bad thing.

    If you have diabetes it means that you either don't produce insulin or the insulin you do produce isn't effective in lowering your blood sugar.
  • giselle9938
    giselle9938 Posts: 194 Member
    Let me see if I got this... The study says sugar make you dumb? so that means insuline reduce the glucouse levels in your blood and make you smarter? Wow!!! and I thought that diabetes was a bad thing! lol

    Diabetes is still a bad thing.

    If you have diabetes it means that you either don't produce insulin or the insulin you do produce isn't effective in lowering your blood sugar.

    I know... I am diabetic... I was just being sarcastic... I guess I need a "Sarcasm" banner like Sheldon lol
  • DanTTX
    DanTTX Posts: 64 Member
    I am not a rat. Bad study is bad. And you knew it :flowerforyou:

    This I agree.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    But more importantly, what does Dr OZ say???

    Cause Im pretty sure he would know.
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