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Full PDF available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361675108_The_micro...

One part I want to highlight:

> A second aspect of high-energy, low-fiber food is its high sucrose and/or high fructose content. Overconsumption of these simple sugars can overwhelm absorption in the small intestine, resulting in transit into the colon (86), where these electron donors trigger changes in the microbiota composition by increasing the abundance of Firmicutes that consume sucrose or fructose (87, 88). A long￾term high-fructose diet promotes the growth of mucin glycan–degrading bacterial species (89). It also impairs the colonic mucus barrier (89) and increases susceptibility to colitis (90). However, the chain of events through which a high-sugar diet weakens the mucus barrier remains incompletely understood.

How cool would that be then?

To see it wasn't sugars fault.

I'm actually excited about high fructose corn syrup (hfcs).

AFACT, it's basically okay: made out of corn + some straight-forward chemistry. https://jenniferskitchen.com/health-information/how-is-high-....

But it seems to cause some straight-forward changes in the guts, blood, heart, etc, which studies seem to indicate are controllable:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31256681/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9790051/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22465803/#:~:text=Thus%2C%20....

I also want to do some more research into purity. WDYT

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the poor health outcomes correlating with high caloric intake, which afaict, come from people's consumption of heating oils (seed oils): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil

There's bound to be mixups what talking about sugars and fats. But these fuel oils are really really bad for us. We've demonized sugars unnecessarily. Right?

I think you're thinking of xylitol. ("The study subjects consuming xylitol experienced diarrhea, nausea, and bloating. Those who took erythritol experienced significantly fewer symptoms." -Medical News Today)

bullshit! (make that into cake)

yea, but why? it looks cool and all, but at least sugar gives you nutrients (energy calories).