Chuckanut
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Here's an interesting article on sugar consumption and what one person thinks should and should not be done about it:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...-of-sugar-guidelines/512045/?utm_source=atltw
IMHO, the author makes a good point. While I personalty have found sugar to be the #1 food for me to gain weight and lose energy, I do not want a repeat of the previous dietary fiasco where we were told to do things like avoid eggs, eat high trans-fat margarine instead of real butter, consume vast amounts of processed grains, and how certain sugar bomb cereals were Heart Healthy. In other words, let's get some real science behind what sugar does or doesn't do before the government starts telling us what we can and can't eat for our own good.
Personally, I will continue limiting processed foods and sugar in my diet. That works well for me. But, I see the point in not having another Witch Hunt, this time with sugar as the source of all evil.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...-of-sugar-guidelines/512045/?utm_source=atltw
IMHO, the author makes a good point. While I personalty have found sugar to be the #1 food for me to gain weight and lose energy, I do not want a repeat of the previous dietary fiasco where we were told to do things like avoid eggs, eat high trans-fat margarine instead of real butter, consume vast amounts of processed grains, and how certain sugar bomb cereals were Heart Healthy. In other words, let's get some real science behind what sugar does or doesn't do before the government starts telling us what we can and can't eat for our own good.
Personally, I will continue limiting processed foods and sugar in my diet. That works well for me. But, I see the point in not having another Witch Hunt, this time with sugar as the source of all evil.
While the evidence to date shows zero benefit from sugar and a clear signal of harm, there hasn’t been enough time to fund and conduct definitive trials. Meanwhile, governments naturally feel they can’t wait. Facing panic over the continued, relentless climb in obesity and diabetes rates with no solution in sight, they’ve gone ahead and passed sugar guidelines pinned to exact thresholds, of 10 percent or 5 percent of calories. This advice is clearly well-intentioned. Yet if, as the Annals paper concludes, experts are skirting scientific norms by passing guidelines based on weak evidence, the whole process of guideline-making is effectively watered down. And the need for reliable guidance is no abstract question; indeed, everything from our waistlines to whether we might eat eggs for breakfast depends upon it.
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