Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by Filligree on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:48AM
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Fruits contain a lot of fruit sugar. If you're trying to avoid sugar entirely, they may not be the best choice.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by akerro on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:04AM
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>Fruits contain a lot of fruit sugar
Vegetable contain a lot of sugar too, like the mention he ate a lot of carrots, he ate a lot of sugar, but that's naturally occurring sugar human body can process well, unlike tablespoon of sugar in a sausage made of processed meat.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by gameswithgo on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:24AM
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the sugar is the same in any case, but fiber may reduce how harmful it is, or at least slow down how fast you shove it in your face.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by slowburning on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:30AM
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The point you make is an important distinction. It's really effortless to put down 44oz of soda but very hard to eat the sugar equivalent of ~6lbs of carrots (even if you are juicing them 6lbs is a lot of carrot juice).
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by pofilat on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:14PM
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There's an age at which drinking a sugary soda becomes difficult...
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by andai on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:52PM
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Related, it was recently discovered that there is a limit to how much sugar you can (comfortably) consume, unless you are a child. In children there is no limit.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by pmiller2 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:08PM
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Citation/link, please?
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by andai on Saturday June 16, 2018 @05:14PM
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It was a while ago. I remember reading it on reddit, so I googled "no limit sugar children reddit", this is it!
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/ki...
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by seandougall on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:30AM
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“Sugar” is a broad category of chemical compounds, each of which is metabolized differently. Even if they all had the same caloric density (which they don’t), that would give you a woefully incomplete picture of their effect on your health.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by watwut on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:35AM
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Vegetables contains much less sugar then fruits. You can get enough calories if you eat fruits alone, but you can't get all calories you need from vegetables alone.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by pofilat on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:14PM
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If you don't finish off that calorie budget with some protein and fat, you're in trouble.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by mbrameld on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:31PM
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Vegetables contain protein.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by astura on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:06PM
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They said they were trying to avoid "added sugar," not sugar entirely. It's pretty impossible to avoid sugar entirely unless you eat an extremely limited diet.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by woodandsteel on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:42PM
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I think the OP was referring to added sugars.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by cup-of-tea on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:21AM
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> And fruits, I hope?
Why? Fruits are just sweets with fibre and nutrients. Vegetables have everything you need.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by skrebbel on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:22AM
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Because GP wanted to eat food without added sugars and complained that he could only snack carrots and hummus. Apples, last I checked, have no added sugar.
Also,your mileage may vary but I'm not sure that fruits should be very high on the list of food to avoid when you're trying to eat healthier. Ketogenic diet, sure, but that's not what this subthread is about. Fruits are good for you. Skip the hotdog instead.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by JoshMnem on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:27AM
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The fiber and nutrients make a difference. Fruit is healthy if you don't overdo it.
(Not all fruits are sweet either -- like avocados, tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers.)
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by loco5niner on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:17PM
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Why would you want to avoid fruit? Fruit is GOOD for you. The more variety in fruits AND vegetables the better.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by cup-of-tea on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @03:03AM
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I'm not saying avoid fruit. If you like it then eat it in moderation. Remember plants make fruit because they want you to eat it. But you can do just fine with vegetables (in the culinary sense, so including tomatoes etc).
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by krageon on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:10AM
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It is much easier to eat a balanced diet if it includes fruit. Many things are not impossible to do without, but some things do make everything else easier.
Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r...
by woodandsteel on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:45PM
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Beans are a large part of my largely added-sugar free diet. Also eggs, salsa, and lean meats.
And fruits, I hope? :-)
Also, you mention carrots, but there's lots of other vegetables that taste nicely when eaten raw that require little to no preparation time. I recognize that this is not mainstream at all but lately I've begun eating all kinds of vegetables as a snack. Eg iceberg salad: if you take the outer 5 or so leaves off, then the rest has not usually been touched by pesticides, so you can just eat that without all the washing cutting prep etc. I've found that just putting an iceberg salad next to my keyboard works exactly the same as just putting a bag of crisps there: when i look up an hour later, it's all gone.
Similar tricks: pointed red peppers only need washing, and then you can eat them as if they're a mars bar. The seeds are only at the very end. bags of pre-cut lettuce. Also, way too few people are aware that cauliflower tastes great raw. It's a bit of work to clean (but not too bad) but cauliflowers tend to be huge so you can cut one into pieces, put the pieces into four bags and bring a bag every next day or so. It also stays good super long.
I also like cabbage (you can also remove the outer leaves and eat the rest without washing), but it has a pretty strong taste and I recognize that this might not be for everyone :-)