Comments by "nexus1g" (@nexus1g) on "Lawsuit Claims Popular Brand Of Honey Is Lying On Their Labels" video.
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I'll just copy and paste what I posted to reply to another person explaining more of the nuance regarding sugar:
You're vastly oversimplifying things. First and foremost, it's important to know that sugars are absolutely necessary for your continued existence. If your body had no sugar, you would slip into a coma and die within minutes or hours. The body can technically synthesize sugars from protein through the liver, but it's very expensive to do and can lead to liver failure. The only people in the world that are capable of living extended periods without access to any sugar are the far northern American natives who've evolved larger livers to handle the workload of converting their nearly 100% protein and fat diet to sugar.
There are two basic types of sugars: complex and simple sugars. Complex sugars are found in starchy foods such as grains, cereals and starchy vegetables such as peas or potatoes, while simple sugars include table sugar and sugar in fruit and milk products. All of these sugars are fine for you, though it requires more energy for the body to breakdown complex sugars into glucose for the body to use. Simple sugars are much easier to process. As with all dietary requirements, moderation is the key. When your body doesn't use all of the glucose you take in, it stores it for later in the form of glycogen which is stored in skeletal muscles and the liver and can lead to fatty liver and also triacylglycerols which is what's stored in fat cells. If you consume enough energy dependent on how much you take in (in caloric balance, so to speak), then you won't suffer these detrimental effects.
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You're vastly oversimplifying things. First and foremost, it's important to know that sugars are absolutely necessary for your continued existence. If your body had no sugar, you would slip into a coma and die within minutes or hours. The body can technically synthesize sugars from protein through the liver, but it's very expensive to do and can lead to liver failure. The only people in the world that are capable of living extended periods without access to any sugar are the far northern American natives who've evolved larger livers to handle the workload of converting their nearly 100% protein and fat diet to sugar.
There are two basic types of sugars: complex and simple sugars. Complex sugars are found in starchy foods such as grains, cereals and starchy vegetables such as peas or potatoes, while simple sugars include table sugar and sugar in fruit and milk products. All of these sugars are fine for you, though it requires more energy for the body to breakdown complex sugars into glucose for the body to use. Simple sugars are much easier to process. As with all dietary requirements, moderation is the key. When your body doesn't use all of the glucose you take in, it stores it for later in the form of glycogen which is stored in skeletal muscles and the liver and can lead to fatty liver and also triacylglycerols which is what's stored in fat cells. If you consume enough energy dependent on how much you take in (in caloric balance, so to speak), then you won't suffer these detrimental effects.
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