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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by arikr on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:16PM (#15528979)
I've read Lustig's book, and my recollection is that he says that more than 10% of your daily calories from (all, both added sugar and naturally included sugar, if I remember correctly) sugar is too much. So if you're eating 2000 calories/day, then 200 calories from sugar, which means 200/4 = 50 grams total (including added sugar).

Separately, on the sugar science website they say:

> our scientific team recommends keeping all added sugars below the recommended limits of 6 teaspoons/day (25g) for women and 9 teaspoons (38g) for men.

http://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/sugar-faq.html

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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by runeks on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:26PM (#15529029)
So one orange, a large apple and a banana per day will hurt my liver (totaling 63 grams of sugar[1])?

Where is the scientific evidence supporting this?

[1] http://www.sugarstacks.com/fruits.htm

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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by kieranmaine on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:51PM (#15529146)
I just watched a documentary where Lustig said sugar in fruit is fine because the fibre in the fruit means you absorb the sugar over a period of time, meaning the liver doesn't get one big hit.
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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by siquick on Sunday October 22, 2017 @06:06PM (#15529237)
No citation available, but I see far more people drinking fruit juice than I do eating fruit with the skin/fibre still intact.
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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by buttcoinslol on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:12PM (#15529551)
Roughly 25 years ago when I was a kid, I remember drinking orange juice out of small 4" glasses with oranges on the side at diners and in homes. These glasses hold about 6 oz of juice, which is about 85 calories.

These glasses have been replaced by much larger ones. These days a 'small' juice is 12-16 oz, or 150-200 calories, which is just as bad as pop.

Portion sizes are growing with the collective waistline of America.

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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by woodandsteel on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:17PM (#15529569)
Fruit juice is no better than soda pop.
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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by brewdad on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:23PM (#15530028)
At least fruit juice has some nutritional value. You're right though that it still isn't a "healthy" choice.
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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by woodandsteel on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:16PM (#15529565)
The recommendation is about added sugars, which means sugars that are processed to remove all the fiber and everything else. Fruit is not added sugar.
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Re:Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too mu... by vilmosi on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:27PM (#15529617)
I thought the fiber was good because it made you feel fuller and you don't eat as much, not that you somehow interacted with sugar to "disable" it. What's the connection?
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