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Re:As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food... by inglor_cz on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @09:11AM (#42194060)
Processed sugar is sucrose, also half-glucose, half-fructose.

Even though both are found separately in nature, it doesn't necessarily follow that their combination is just fine, especially in the volumes consumed in a typical Western diet.

If sugar isn't addictive at all, why do so many people have cravings for sweets? Cravings are a major hallmark of addiction.

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Re:As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food... by YetAnotherNick on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @10:49AM (#42194988)
What do you think processed sugar is? It's literally just natural sugar purified. Almost everything in nature which contain sugar contains both fructose and glucose combined.
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Re:As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food... by inglor_cz on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @02:46PM (#42197416)
The list of problematic substances that are "just" purified natural matter is quite long. We aren't built to consume purified products endlessly.
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Re:As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food... by pvaldes on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @03:09PM (#42197631)
> We aren't built to consume purified products endlessly

At cell level this is just what we do.

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Re:As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food... by YetAnotherNick on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @02:57PM (#42197510)
Did I claim sugar is not problematic?
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