The Amount of Sugar in Food, Expressed in Sugar Cubes

[superpatriotman]

Thanks:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/the-amount-of-sugar-in-food-expressed-in-sugar-cu-281t

Here's the Sodas:
http://www.sugarstacks.com/beverages.htm

[unblock]

1. of course, carbs quickly convert to sugar, so the waffles and cereal really have more.

the distinction might be relevant for your teeth, but not so much for the rest of your body.

[renie408]

3. Yes, there is absolutely no difference between high glucose carbs and low glucose carbs.

Which is why a diet of Cheetos and Dr. Pepper is equally as nutritious as that of broccoli and whole grains.

[Quantess]

6. Somebody once told me bacon is nature's candy.

[renie408]

8. Amen.

[Robb]

9. And candied bacon is nature's candied candy.

[renie408]

10. This might sound gross, but it actually tastes like heaven...

if you cook bacon so that it is really good and crumbly and sprinkle just a little bit on top of homemade caramels...OH. MY. GOD.

Like I said, might sound nasty, but tastes out of this world!

[Robb]

23. Oh yeah. I was being quite sincere about candied bacon.

Brown sugar coat, then cook as normal. Drain on a rack (not paper towel, it sticks).

Pretty much death on a stick good.

[Paulie]

12. That's not the case

Glucose can be used by every cell in the body directly. Fructose and alcohols require liver metabolism. They are not the same.

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15. how much fructose and alcohols are there in waffles and cereals?

i didn't say all carbs were 100% the same. i only mentioned waffles and cereals.

[renie408]

17. If that was for me..

I was being sarcastical.

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18. yes, not all sugars are exactly the same

but the op didn't make that distinction. you are getting sugar from carbs.

portion control is also an important part of a diet, so simply limiting your sugars has a great impact on health and diet, perhaps more so than quibbling about the form of the sugars.

so if the focus is on quantity of sugars, which the op appeared to me to focus on, then my point stands.

[FarCenter]

19. Carbs convert to glucose, while cane sugar converts to 50-50 glucose and fructose

And the fructose is metabolized differently than glucose, since it requires more work in the liver. On the other hand, the fructose does not cause an insulin response.

[Honeycombe8]

28. Complex carbs convert slowly (whole grains). nt

[renie408]

2. You do realize that now everybody is going to explain to you that sugar is actually

really good for you and that your body REQUIRES it for normal function. Then they are going to roll their eyes and act like all sugars are created equal, like the poster in the first reply. As if grains converted to glucose are no different from straight refined sugar. Because these people DO NOT like to be told about healthy food.

Good luck with your thread.

[superpatriotman]

4. I just thought it was a pretty picture

Nothing more.

Come for the sense of community. Stay for the flaming.

[renie408]

7. Just watch.

It's the weirdest thing I have ever seen. And it seems particular to health related threads. The same people that can pull facts and citations and the most elegantly contrived arguments out of thin air on a wide variety of social, political and economic subjects turn into R*********s when it comes to food.

I honestly don't care what people eat, but I find the intellectual disconnect really interesting. And kind of baffling, honestly.

[handmade34]

24. +1

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20. oh, you know so much about me.

i'm a pescatarian (no meat/poultry) and only eat organic and whole grain, and no alcohol at all.

i love and appreciate being "sarcastical" too, i was just correcting an inaccuracy in the op.

let me put it this way: too much cheerios can still send a diabetic to the e.r., yes, it's a better choice compared to most other cereals, and certainly better than those foods shown with higher content of refined sugar, but it's still sugar and quantity matters.

[Quantess]

5. Fruit is good for you. Besides, tt's fructose, not glucose.

[Paulie]

13. Fruit is also sucrose

And whole fruits are good. Turn them into juice and remove the fiber and it's then a can of pop. Fructose is not good for you in quantity over long periods of time.

[Swede]

14. Sugar is sugar is sugar is sugar.

Doesn't matter where it comes from. Not good for you in the amounts we eat.

[handmade34]

25. not true

different chemical make-ups and our body utilizes the various sugars differently... e.g.



what is true though, is that we eat too much processed food (carbohydrates not in their natural state)

[Swede]

26. Read Gary Taubes book.

He has a whole chapter titled "Sugar is sugar is sugar" and why.

[handmade34]

27. don't want to buy the book tonight...

but I reviewed a bit of his books online... I suspect you and I are on the same page and it is only semantics that get in the way...

a few months ago I cut ALL added sugars out of my diet (only eat vegetables, whole fruits and small amt of grain)... the effect is astounding... I have lost all unhealthy cravings and the food I eat taste so rich and good... you are correct... we eat too much sugar!

[Swede]

30. Same page,I agree.

My nephew turned me onto the low carb diet,then as I read more and more,I wished I knew this stuff a long time ago.

[RebelOne]

11. I try to buy sugar-free foods.

I haven't bought sugar in years. I only buy artificial sweeteners. I buy sugar-free ice cream. Smuckers also makes a great sugar-free fudge syrup. And Godiva makes sugar-free chocolate candy. It all tastes great and if I didn't tell, you would think all that is totally fattening. I try to eat as sugar-free as possible as I am a borderline Type II diabetic.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. Glycemic index is important as well....carb to fiber ratio.

[Downtown Hound]

21. LOL. There's more than twice the amount of sugar in a Snapple Iced Tea

than there is in a Red Bull.

I'm going to go drink me a Red Bull and celebrate my health.

[PavePusher]

22. Snapples are probably close to twice as large as an original size Red Bull...

so the sugar content per volume is probably almost equal.

I doubt the Snapple has nearly as much caffeine.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Wow, that's interesting. Some of the # of cubes surprises me. Thx! nt

[Odin2005]

31. Holy crap, I only put 3 cubes in my iced tea. That snapple tea has 20!!!