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Re:Longevity Study Across 5 Species Found a New Pathway to R... by meepmorp on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:41PM (#35682756)
Sugar - here - covers more than just sucrose, especially when one of the more commonly used (and controversial) sweeteners is fructose, a monosaccharide.

Also, normal people (entirely correctly) call table sugar a carbohydrate. Why nerd snipe?

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Re:Longevity Study Across 5 Species Found a New Pathway to R... by whiddershins on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:59PM (#35696075)
It’s not a nerd snipe. Some people or possibly all people digest monosaccharides and disaccharides differently.

Also, that might be a distinction without a difference in most cases, but sucrose and fructose also may not produce identical glycemic response to simple carbohydrates.

The point is this is a very complex topic, and some of it is at the edge of what humans know about nutrition.

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