A range of chemical substances containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen which induce sweet taste and are important in living organisms storage and transport of energy.
Questions tagged [sugar]
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What are the effects of a Big Mac on our bodies?
Another "effects of..." infographic is making the rounds of Facebook today about the effects of eating a Big Mac. At a cursory glance it seems to mix preposterous claims ("it takes days for you to digest food") with realistic ones ("your brain…
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Can eating sugar result in addiction?
I am surprised to see this video on TED claiming that sugar can lead to addiction (differently from other kinds of food, for example broccoli).
So, yes, over-consumption of sugar can have addictive effects in the brain
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Is more than 25g or 38g of sugar per day harmful?
In this Daily Mail article, it says:
A spoonful of sugar may have helped the medicine go down for Mary Poppins but research claims that it is actually a toxin.
Sugar in all its disguises, whether the refined stuff, honey or fructose syrup, is…
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Is "artifical" fructose any different from "natural" fructose?
A friend of mine (who previously studied Chemistry and then had a couple of Nutrition courses) claims that all the sugar that does not occur naturally in our food (eg: sugar in chocolate vs sugar in fruit) is "bad".
Specifically, he claims that in…
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Does excess sugar affect your immune system/inhibit vitamin C absorption?
There are lots of websites out there with domain names containing words like "healing" and "natural remedy" that suggest that your immune system can be affected by excess sugar. Others also suggest Vitamin C is affected by too much sugar.
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Does fructose release a high number of oxygen radicals and damage cells?
I stumbled upon the following claim in the article "Fructose: the poison index" in the Guardian, written by Dr Robert Lustig.
Fructose causes seven times as much cell damage as does glucose,
because it binds to cellular proteins seven times…
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Long term effects of sucralose
I can't find any information about long-term negative effects of
Sucralose consumption other than a very high toxicity level claimed by several studies.
There is lots of speculation online about how healthy Splenda is, but are there any good…
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Is wisdom tooth impaction causally linked to soft, processed foods?
In a book by an anthropologist at Ohio State, it is claimed that (1) third molar impactions dectupled after the Industrial Revolution, and (2) this was due to a new abundance of soft, processed food.
Is (1) accurate (and not a matter of increased…
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Does Allulose consumption interfere with ketosis on a ketogenic diet?
Allulose is a monosaccharide otherwise known as Psicose.
I've been seeing a few claims [1][2][3] online that describe Allulose in extremely glowing terms, as well as pointing out that it has just passed FDA approval for skipping the 'sugar' in…
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Do people who swap sugary sodas for diet sodas lose weight?
A recent article in The Guardian, "No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study", challenges the effectiveness of diet drinks and argues:
Soft drinks made with artificial sweeteners, such as diet colas, do not help people lose weight…
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Can you "reset" your taste buds?
Is there any scientific evidence behind the assertion I see on diet websites and in books that restricting a food for a set period of time will allow your tastebuds to be more sensitive to it.
For example, from ehow.com:
Taste buds acclimate to our…
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Is Aspartame being added to regular Coke?
Recently, I have been drinking regular Coke and have been really turned off by the taste, since it seemed to have aspartame in it. At first I thought I was crazy because it is regular Coke, not sugar free. On the ingredients it just says "high…
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Does eating sugar feed yeast in the gut?
My understanding is that yeast (esp. candida) lives in digestive systems of most people. I was recently introduced to the concept of "candida overgrowth". My pseudoscience detector quickly alerted me about the concept (see also…
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Is "Zuccarin"/"White Mullberry" effective for weight loss?
An ad for a supplement called "Zuccarin" in our local paper included a variety of claims:
"The slimming effect of stable blood sugar levels:
"A recent italian study of Zuccarin showned the impressive weight loss
results of blocking carbohydrates.…
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Is sugar toxic?
Possible Duplicate:
How bitter is Robert Lustig's “Bitter Truth” about sugar?
From the NY Times Article: Is sugar toxic?
Robert Lusteg, a specialist on pediatric hormone disorders and the leading expert in childhood obesity at the University of…
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