Not a nutrition expert, but I'm given to understand that the form of the sugar matters as much as the amount. The sugar in an actual apple is apparently bound up in fibers or something, so basically it takes time for your body to process it and get it into the bloodstream. When you turn that apple into apple juice, even if it's entirely natural, you've freed the sugar to be absorbed by your body much faster.
That speed of absorption makes the difference - your body doesn't know what to do with so much sugar at once, so it processes it into fat and other things. Let it out more slowly, and it can actually use most of it for energy.
Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’
by adventured on Saturday October 03, 2015 @05:36PM
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Replace 90% of the sugar consumed in America with erythritol or similar, and ban high fructose corn syrup as unsafe for human consumption. Obesity would begin to plunge overnight. It would remove vast amounts of calories from the typical American diet.
Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’
by HappyTypist on Sunday October 04, 2015 @03:57AM
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Alternatively, tax sugar and hfcs at to be 125% the price of erythritol/xylitol/etc. Will cause manufacturers to generally shift to polyols while still allowing consumers to have a choice and bringing tax revenue in the process.
Thing is - most of products in US has label stating clearly amount of calories and major contributors. It is SUPER easy to find approximate amount to which you need to stick. But people still over do it two/three/more times.
As much as I hate it, I think only high food costs will work. Problem is - how to keep it high enough to prevent abuse, but at the same time, keep lower income people access to enough nutrients.