Sugar is not just empty calories. Your muscles need glycogen, which is produced from carbohydrates—including sugar—to function.
Simple sugars are particularly effective at restoring glycogen stores after intense cardiovascular workouts.
Re:Who Killed the Florida Orange?
by BugsJustFindMe on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @08:39PM
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It seems you may not know what the phrase "empty calories" means, so, let me help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_calories
Lumping simple sugar in with complex carbohydrates as equally beneficial because they're both carbohydrate molecules is horrendous prevarication. And bringing up "intense workouts" at all, which I'm sure you very well know is demographically an extreme outlier scenario, in a conversation about weight gain, is the most hilarious kind of derailment.
So does sugar. Everything ever credibly published on the weight effects of artificial sweeteners say two things:
1) everything else held equal, they unequivocally reduce weight gain vs consuming equivalent sugar
2) they can increase appetite, causing you to possibly eat more