John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar

Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by threeseed on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @06:03AM (#7223661)

Ask anyone who isn't American what the first thing they notice about the food when they visit the US.

How sweet everything is.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by hfsktr on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:02AM (#7224628)

My friend is from England and the few times she's been to America the primary thing she's said is that the portions here are ridiculously large.

At places like Chili's or Applebees she ended up ordering appetizers and eating half of that as a meal. I got a regular meal but I knew in advance I would be taking it to go halfway through, as I usually do.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by DanBC on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:49AM (#7224905)

Yes, the problem with coke isn't that it's got a lot of sugar in it. The problem with coke is that people drink litres of it each day.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by hfsktr on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:55AM (#7224964)

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or agreeing or not.

Usually your comments are good so I am going to believe you are sincere here.

Somewhat related I am one of those people who needs to make a change as I get >1000 calories from soda a day. I did quit years ago (just cold turkey) and after the initial headaches and tiredness the biggest change I saw was that I was constantly hungry. Much like quitting smoking made me for quite a while.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by DanBC on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:59AM (#7225000)

Coke has a lot of sugar in it. Some people drink a small amount of coke, and get pleasure from it, and are not fat.

Increasing portion sizes (see for example the increasing sizes of servings in McDonalds menus) mean that people now drink huge quantities of this sugary drink.

The volume of drink, the quantity of the sugar, is the problem.

Two cookies are not a problem. Two packets of cookies are a problem.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by matwood on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:56PM (#7226439)

I'm not sure why you would think the response was sarcastic. Coke having sugar is NOT the issue. Drinking literally liters of it each day is certainly the issue. On top of a normal diet all those extra calories are bound to be a problem.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by hfsktr on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @02:33PM (#7226688)

Now it seems silly but while I was going through the thread many responses had something worded similarly. After reading so many of those comments I was probably primed to see negativity everywhere.

eg. It's not THIS it's THAT. (It's not sugar, it's sugar in excess.)

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by matwood on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @08:46PM (#7228812)

More generally, it is calories in excess.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by StavrosK on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @06:37AM (#7223771)

That's me, and you're right, everything's very sweet and buttery. I guess I was thinking the article applied to me, when the answer to my question was "Americans".

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