Article: Sugar may be toxic

[Kloofvreter]

Ach gott. Another one of these studies. Pretty soon poached eggs will be deemed poisonous.

 

[zll]

Hmmmm. Let's see...

Sugar in my oats. Coke mid morning. Sometimes coke at night. There's already sugar in my milo and probably some in my chocolate flavoured protein shake.

I should probably cut back, but during winter it's so hard. During summer my sugar intake is naturally lower.

 

[intel8080]

I still think one should avoid sugar as far as possible

+1
Tell that to my wife and kids

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I'm sweet enough already.

 

[agentrfr]

Cooldrink is awesome. Im not a fan of general sweets or chocolate though.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

"I'm sweet enough already" - Brick Top

FTFY

 

[lived666]

Tldr version?

Mice chicks prefer bonking mice dudes that don't eat sugar.

 

[BLIXEMPIE]

I used to be a heavy user of sugar. Chocolate and sweet things daily. Now the absolute only sugar I take in is Coca-Cola and such. I even drink coffee with sweetener. I just got over sugar. Not for dietary reasons, I just lost the need for it subconsciously.

 

[AstroTurf]

Three cans of soda is quite a bit in terms of sugar consumption...

Yep, who drinks that much soda?

 

[visrot]

The keyword for anything consumed is MODERATION.

 

[OMB]

Yep, who drinks that much soda?

you'd be surprised, I know people that will go through 2l of Coke a day without blinking

 

[porchrat]

Tldr version?

Too many confounding factors left unaddressed by the methodology (sugar intake not necessarily the cause on a physiological level and the controls were insufficient).

Effects only relevant to certain types of sugar, not sugars in general (so concluding that "sugar is toxic" is not supported by the experiment).

Mice not mating or mating less is not a reliable sign of toxicity.

Research doesn't line up with similar studies performed in the past and so needs to be replicated with a reworked (read: more reliable) methodology.

 

[visrot]

Looking at the LD50 value comparison between sucrose and other commonly known substances I don't see the fuss.

 

[koeksGHT]

Tldr version?

To sum up, i'm gonna die young. How much sugar is in chocolate?

 

[noxibox]

Mice chicks prefer bonking mice dudes that don't eat sugar.

Definitely something to keep in mind when trawling mouse bars for mouse chicks.

 

[The_Ogre]

I don't like sugar anyway.

Lets see on a daily basis:
2 cups of coffee + 2 cups of tea with 1 tbs each. That's 4 tablespoons of sugar a day.

I don't eat sweets, chocolate, cake at all.

I eat 4 fruits every day though, but I take it that's a different kind of sugar.

 

[noxibox]

Lets see on a daily basis:
2 cups of coffee + 2 cups of tea with 1 tbs each. That's 4 tablespoons of sugar a day.

That's around 50g.

I eat 4 fruits every day though, but I take it that's a different kind of sugar.

Well that would be the question, is it something specific to sucrose or in fact glucose? In that case it might apply to carbohydrate intake in general.

 

[reactor_sa]

I think it's not the sugar that is toxic. I think it's the effect of sugar on blood glucose levels and the work the body has to do to regulate the blood glucose levels. Spiking insulin is not a free for all, it taxes the the body. Surely the more the body is taxed, the shorter the life span?
Then again I think genetics is also a huge determining factor in lifespan, etc.