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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSugar isn’t just empty, fattening calories – it’s making us sick
As someone who eats more than his share of candy and feels the effects, I can say this rings true.
Everyone assumes this is the result of the obesity epidemic too many calories in, too few out. Children and adults are getting fat, so theyre getting sick. And it is generally assumed that no one specific food causes it, because a calorie is a calorie.
Ive been studying the role that sugar plays in contributing to chronic disease for years, and my research group at the University of California, San Francisco has just published research in the journal Obesity that challenges this assumption. If calories come from sugar, they just arent the same.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/sugar-isnt-just-empty-fattening-calories-its-making-us-sick/
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)I've been trying to cut out sugar and do feel better, even without weight loss; and when I happen to eat something "bad" (with sugar), I know it and feel it for the next day or two.
Also, not all sugars are exactly alike. If you're baking something ... better to use organic Grade A maple syrup or raw organic honey instead of sugar. Coconut nectar is also a low-glycemic alternative. All of this in occasional, tiny amounts, though, NOT on a daily basis.
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)I've been buying Organic Granulated sugar from trader joes. But I know I am kidding myself. It's still just organic poison.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)be an additional toxic burden on your body
but yes sugar be sugar whether organic cane or GMO beet
Logical
(22,457 posts)LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)The link seems to be working now.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Nom nom nom