Avoid sugar like the plague

[Friendly Otter]

Don't avoid sugar like its the plague. Like mentioned before, sugar has its place. Just be wise as to when to take items with sugars in them.

Amazingly, it seems I have to clarify my first post. Yes, it is very hard to avoid sugar completely - you will want to use ketchup, for example. What I meant, was that you should get rid of things that you eat because of the sugar, like candy and soda.

This thread has been mostly about soda, which seems only reasonable since people consume it in large quantities. Sugar means calories and bad teeth - especially Coke will give you bad teeth. Dentists may not tell you, since they don't want you to think that it's okay to consume other forms of sugar as long as you stay away from Coke, but Coke is, in fact, the most dangerous thing you can expose your teeth to.

 

[bob52]

This thread has been mostly about soda, which seems only reasonable since people consume it in large quantities. Sugar means calories and bad teeth - especially Coke will give you bad teeth. Dentists may not tell you, since they don't want you to think that it's okay to consume other forms of sugar as long as you stay away from Coke, but Coke is, in fact, the most dangerous thing you can expose your teeth to.

i can vouch for this, over the last few months me and my mates have been pretty much exclusively drinking double vodka cokes when we go out so i end up having around 5pins of coke everytime

couple of weeks ago i had toothache and a few days later part of my back tooth just fell off

im never gonna drink a soda again

 

[Shiftkey]

You can eat as much sugar as you want without fear of cavities if you take proper care of your teeth and visit the dentist twice a year. I haven't had a single cavety because I do these things, but I have a big sweet tooth.

That said, I agree that drinking soda is not a good idea and that it's healthy to limit sugar intake, but for other reasons.

 

[OfficeSpace]

I quit drinking soda for about 6 months.. I noticed that right after I quit drinking soda I became virtually acne free.. I have no idea if it relates to acne, but I have noticed a very dramatic difference. Drink water people.. and lots of it! Water is good for your system!

 

[Prod]

Fruit contains mostly fructose, which has far less negative impacts on your body than glucose (the sugar contained in sweets)

Eat as many fruits as you like, only complete and total overkill would have a really negative effect on your organism.

 

[Boschy]

Read the nutrition table on products. The portions per 100ml or 100g effectively show the percentage of sugar, fat, sodium, carbs, etc. content. Coke has 10% sugar, so look at the can or bottle and draw a line a 10th of the way down the container. Then imagine that this portion is pure sugar (or whatever). Coke is acidic too, so it's a very effective tooth decay ****tail. Learn to drink tap water and you'll be fine!

My nutrition motto: eat for heath.

 

[A-Unit]

Re:

A link on sugar...read it, very interesting...

http://www.rense.com/general71/lehm.htm

Check it out.


A-Unit

 

[mrRuckus]

i can vouch for this, over the last few months me and my mates have been pretty much exclusively drinking double vodka cokes when we go out so i end up having around 5pins of coke everytime

couple of weeks ago i had toothache and a few days later part of my back tooth just fell off

im never gonna drink a soda again

That's not it. Decay doesn't happen in weeks. At most you worsened a condition that was coming anyway.

 

[Bible_Belt]

cinnamon is good stuff

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=68

 

[Bible_Belt]

Tostitos has a multi-grain chip now. But after corn and oil, sugar is the third ingredient.

http://www.fritolay.com/fl/flstore/cgi-bin/Nutrition_ProdID_464481.htm