quantify how bad is sugar ?

[poanoi]

i wonder if there is a conversion table,

or if someone can convert how many tablespoons of food is 1 teaspoon of sugar ?

i now have 1 cup of cappuccino a day, and that sums up what i even want to consume in a day,

i use 1.5 teaspoon of brown sugar innit

[Lacessit]

You can look up a conversion table of sugar to calories, then compare that with the calories in an equivalent amount of other foods.

[faraday]

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/brown-sugar-1-tsp-304646191?v2=false

 

15 Calories.

[madusa]

Hello there Poanoi,  I really must talk about this evil thing called sugar. I didn't know I was having far too much sugar in my normal intake of foods and drinks until I had this night urination problem.

At first I thought it was prostate problem because of my age(55). I was lucky I discovered  it was due to too much sugar in my normal foods one example is eating too much rice. Once I kept the carbohydrate down and increase my oil and fats(healthy oil -like fish oil and olive oil not animal fats or oil), things become normal I longer have to go to bathroom 2 or 3 times a night. OH that was wonderful feeling. Because I consume enough of oil and fats I don't feel hungry in between meals so my blood sugar remains stable throughout the day.

I don't eat very sweet fruits, cakes, pastries(completely out are bread and wheat products).

I hope people out there can benefit from my experience. Of course Night Urination can be caused by other things like diabetes or prostate problem. But before you go see doctor just try the no sugar diet and see what happen. I eat only one third of rice that I normally ate. Important thing for me is no more getting hungry in between meals.

When you have too much sugar in your blood your body try to flush it out in the urine especially at night that's why you need to pee many times.

 

[FracturedRabbit]

1 hour ago, faraday said:

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/brown-sugar-1-tsp-304646191?v2=false

 

15 Calories.

Plus the sugar contained in the milk. 

 

"many tablespoons of food is 1 teaspoon of sugar". None. There is no nutritional value in sugar. 

[faraday]

52 minutes ago, FracturedRabbit said:

Plus the sugar contained in the milk. 

 

"many tablespoons of food is 1 teaspoon of sugar". None. There is no nutritional value in sugar. 

Didn't say there was.

[FracturedRabbit]

1 minute ago, faraday said:

Didn't say there was.

Indeed you didn't, that was a quote from the OP.

[faraday]

9 minutes ago, FracturedRabbit said:

Indeed you didn't, that was a quote from the OP.

Ok, my apologies.

 

[simon43]

My own personal view about sugar is that it is as addictive and as dangerous as a hard-core drug, with real risks to your long-term health, including risk of death from Diabetes (possibly not a nice death, with limb amputation, blindness etc).

And of course, the food manufacturers know that it's addictive, which is why they seem to add sugar to almost every type of pre-processed/pre-packed food that is sold in the supermarket.

When I go shopping for my food, I ignore perhaps 90% of what is sold in the local supermarket because the products have added sugar. Even the 100% fruit juice of course has natural sugars.

[robblok]

I don't worry too much about sugar, i don't buy processed foods but i do occasionally drink fruit juice (not often but I don't stress out when I do) or drink water with syrup (low dose of syrup). I think that if you consume too much sugar its bad for you but a bit once in a while is not going to kill you. 

 

There was a nice test in an BBC documentary about carbs some people can handle carbs better then others (sugar is carbs). They let people chew on a cracker and if the taste changed quick (to sweet) you could handle carbs better as those who had no change in taste. Anyway find the TV documentary for a better description. 

[rascalman]

Poison for me! Diabetes! 

[bkk6060]

I truly believe that Sugar and high Carbs are the cause of all health problems.

There is so much manipulation and corruption on this subject.

Eat protein, fat, veggies and no carbs you will lose weight and be healthy.

This entire industry/subject is a big manipulation. 

[bkk6060]

29 minutes ago, svejorange said:

Holy... I didn't realize how bad sugar is...

Absolutely the most addicting overused drug in the world.

Misnomer,  your body needs fat.  It does not need sugar.

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, Alisa2233 said:

Sugar is not good, for sure. It was really hard for me to get used to drinking coffee without it. The solution was to replace sugar with dried fruits.

Ever tried Splenda?

Half a small sack of it does it for me in coffee.

[FracturedRabbit]

3 hours ago, Alisa2233 said:

No, I haven't tried Splenda. Thanks for sharing, I'll try for sure!

https://dailyhealthpost.com/splenda-leukemia-and-cancer/

[Emylee Modestino]

Protein-rich and healthy fats diet can help those who are looking for how to give up on sugar. Researches have shown that eating high protein foods like organic fish and chicken, red meat along with avocado and other foods with healthy fats can keep your sugar cravings away.

 

Start your day with a high protein breakfast and bid farewell to your post meal sugar cravings. You will need to train yourself and follow a disciplinary lifestyle to enjoy a healthy life without added sugars.