- we eat simple carbs a lot now
- we selected fruit for generations based on sugar content
- we eat carbs constantly, year after year
- we ingest less of protective substances like Vitamin C
i.e. you can't just prefix a thing with 'hipster' and call it a day.
Simple carbs are great for physical activity in proportionate amounts, but fairly terrible otherwise.
When I had a heavy manual job I'd come home, have a cold beer then knock back a litre of orange juice, probably containing 100g/4oz of sugar. Seemed to go to muscle glycogen though occasionally I'd rush :-)
FWIW I've lowered my LDL thru diet; less dairy and a lot more grains and beans. And Dr Lustig says fiber blocks metabolism of fructose.
Wouldn't we all :) If I share what I learned, we will be here a very long time...
> FWIW I've lowered my LDL thru diet
Its entirely different context that has no relevance to the topic. Eating fiber anywayz is akin to eating fat AFAIK as colon bacteria digest it into short SFA.
I never thought about it until my wife measured a teaspoon of sugar -- it's 5g. Now when I look at things like protein bars or Starbucks drinks and see 35g sugar I do a spit-take.
The daily suggested limit of sugar is ~50g. Which is already a lot if you look at the volume of it all. But then consider a single can of soda is around that much. Bottles are around 75g. There are people who have 3+ sodas a day.