Suger intake

[LeanMachine2289]

Quick question.. How much suger should I be taking in Dailey ? I'm only a young teen at the age of 14 I weigh about 65kg and 177cm tall. My goal is too put abit of muscle on for the up coming years when I get serouis with weight lifting. But I want to keep my BodyFat percentage low. So what you think?

[Gxp23]

At 14 i wouldnt worry about it, i mean, dont go crazy and eat nothing but candy, just eat your food, be happy and active and enjoy being able to get away with it while you can.

Just make sure you give your teeth a good brush 2-3 times a day.

[KobiDC]

This is coming from a fellow teen: you're 14 - just make sensible food choices and don't worry so much.

[KimchiNinja]

A natural level is 15g a day, coming from carrots, a few berries, and trace amounts naturally found in other foods.

The average American is eating 160g a day of pure white sugar, which is the single worst thing you could possibly do to your body.

Since it's really nasty stuff associated with every ailment in Western society the smartest thing would to be abstain from a young age.

I'm not of the "yeah man you're young just do whatever" camp.

[MrBillson]

A natural level is 15g a day, coming from carrots, a few berries, and trace amounts naturally found in other foods.

The average American is eating 160g a day of pure white sugar, which is the single worst thing you could possibly do to your body.

Since it's really nasty stuff associated with every ailment in Western society the smartest thing would to be abstain from a young age.

I'm not of the "yeah man you're young just do whatever" camp.

You need to stop posting before someone actually takes the crap you say seriously.

[HealingHands8]

A natural level is 15g a day, coming from carrots, a few berries, and trace amounts naturally found in other foods.

The average American is eating 160g a day of pure white sugar, which is the single worst thing you could possibly do to your body.

Since it's really nasty stuff associated with every ailment in Western society the smartest thing would to be abstain from a young age.

I'm not of the "yeah man you're young just do whatever" camp.

Please go.

[KimchiNinja]

You need to stop posting before someone actually takes the crap you say seriously.

And it's not true because???

[MrBillson]

And it's not true because???

I don't have time to debate with you, so I'm just gonna neg you next time you post something stupid in the hope that you get banned asap.

Oh and FYI: You're making the claim that sugar is bad, so the burden of proof is on you.

And I shall link you to this from Alan Aragon's ******** page:

https://www.********.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

[KimchiNinja]

You're making the claim that sugar is bad, so the burden of proof is on you.

Q: are you insane?

I thought this was the nutrition forum.

[Gxp23]

Q: are you insane?

I thought this was the nutrition forum.

explain your logic please.

[mjdieth]

Q: are you insane?

I thought this was the nutrition forum.

Eating 1 piece of fruit would give you more than the 15g of sugar you are suggesting. You would be seriously deficient in vitamins and minerals if you held yourself to that.

[KimchiNinja]

Eating 1 piece of fruit would give you more than the 15g of sugar you are suggesting. You would be seriously deficient in vitamins and minerals if you held yourself to that.

You're not correct though.

Carrots - 150g
Broccoli - 200g
Strawberries - 100g

35g carbohydrates, 15g sugar, 388% vitamin A, 410% vitamin C.

[mjdieth]

You're not correct though.

Carrots - 150g
Broccoli - 200g
Strawberries - 100g

35g carbohydrates, 15g sugar, 388% vitamin A, 410% vitamin C.

I eat more fruit and and veggies than that.

[MrBillson]

You're not correct though.

Carrots - 150g
Broccoli - 200g
Strawberries - 100g

35g carbohydrates, 15g sugar, 388% vitamin A, 410% vitamin C.

You have yet to give any explanation as to why we should be avoiding sugar.

[KimchiNinja]

You have yet to give any explanation as to why we should be avoiding sugar.

It's actually hard for me to get my head around that you are sincerely asking this question.

Sugar increases triglycerides. It's associated with heart attack, cancer, attention deficit, obesity and the whole metabolic syndrome mess. You can go back to the 1930s and look at Weston Price's observations of hunter-gather tribes and the physical degeneration, including tooth decay and facial bone structure, which took place after introducing sugar to their diets. There's no nutritional requirement for consuming it and lots of reasons why not to consume it.

This stuff has been known for a long time.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/20/2292.full

[Gxp23]

omg lol ^^

[Mrpb]

KimchiNinja,

Please read page 32 to 34 of this presentation:
http://www.nsca.com/uploadedFiles/NS...ook/Aragon.pdf

And here: http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/0...tose-alarmism/

[MrBillson]

It's actually hard for me to get my head around that you are sincerely asking this question.

Sugar increases triglycerides. It's associated with heart attack, cancer, attention deficit, obesity and the whole metabolic syndrome mess. You can go back to the 1930s and look at Weston Price's observations of hunter-gather tribes and the physical degeneration, including tooth decay and facial bone structure, which took place after introducing sugar to their diets. There's no nutritional requirement for consuming it and lots of reasons why not to consume it.

This stuff has been known for a long time.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/20/2292.full

Just got in from running some errands and this^ gave me a good chuckle to return home to.

[STC1188]

It's actually hard for me to get my head around that you are sincerely asking this question.

Sugar increases triglycerides. It's associated with heart attack, cancer, attention deficit, obesity and the whole metabolic syndrome mess. You can go back to the 1930s and look at Weston Price's observations of hunter-gather tribes and the physical degeneration, including tooth decay and facial bone structure, which took place after introducing sugar to their diets. There's no nutritional requirement for consuming it and lots of reasons why not to consume it.

This stuff has been known for a long time.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/20/2292.full

While I do not advocate getting a ton of carbs from sugar, the referenced article does not say that sugar causes anything. What it does say is that higher BMIs, obesity, and diabetes are risk factors that are a good way to predict the onset of CVD. And as we all know, you can get fat and obtain a high BMI (or I would even say have less LBM) with a diet devoid of carbs all together.

I think the bigger risk factor is being sedentary and overweight than eating sugar. Sugar is only blamed because of how it weasels itself into everything. Saying sugar causes CVD is the same as saying salt causes obesity (the reasoning there is that salty foods encourage drinking more, and when we choose a drink, we choose a sugary drink, thus obesity). Correlation =/= causation.

[Mrpb]

While I do not advocate getting a ton of carbs from sugar, the referenced article does not say that sugar causes anything. What it does say is that higher BMIs, obesity, and diabetes are risk factors that are a good way to predict the onset of CVD. And as we all know, you can get fat and obtain a high BMI (or I would even say have less LBM) with a diet devoid of carbs all together.

I think the bigger risk factor is being sedentary and overweight than eating sugar. Sugar is only blamed because of how it weasels itself into everything. Saying sugar causes CVD is the same as saying salt causes obesity (the reasoning there is that salty foods encourage drinking more, and when we choose a drink, we choose a sugary drink, thus obesity). Correlation =/= causation.

Quality post.

[JohnGalt25]

Please read page 32 to 34 of this presentation

Can't quote your links, not enough posts, but thanks for posting these links, very informative stuff

[MrBillson]

While I do not advocate getting a ton of carbs from sugar, the referenced article does not say that sugar causes anything. What it does say is that higher BMIs, obesity, and diabetes are risk factors that are a good way to predict the onset of CVD. And as we all know, you can get fat and obtain a high BMI (or I would even say have less LBM) with a diet devoid of carbs all together.

I think the bigger risk factor is being sedentary and overweight than eating sugar. Sugar is only blamed because of how it weasels itself into everything. Saying sugar causes CVD is the same as saying salt causes obesity (the reasoning there is that salty foods encourage drinking more, and when we choose a drink, we choose a sugary drink, thus obesity). Correlation =/= causation.

This^

9 times out of 10 it just comes down to correlation over causation. Sure if you get a bunch of people who eat a lot of sugar they are likely to be at a higher risk of illnesses, but that's because people who eat a lot of sugar tend to be overweight and not health conscious. And it's that which causes the problems, not the sugar itself.

What people often forget is that most of the time the carbs you eat end up as glucose in your bloodstream anyway.

[KimchiNinja]

This^

9 times out of 10 it just comes down to correlation over causation.

Riiight, way to ignore the wealth of accumulated human knowledge on the topic.

You should really be banned from the nutrition forum, if not the internet as a whole.

[MrBillson]

Riiight, way to ignore the wealth of accumulated human knowledge on the topic.

You should really be banned from the nutrition forum, if not the internet as a whole.

Said the red to the green.

[KimchiNinja]

Said the red to the green.

I don't know anything about the little bars of social acceptance nor does that interest me. It apparently interests you.

Sugar raises triglycerides. That's not a good thing.

[MrBillson]

I don't know anything about the little bars of social acceptance nor does that interest me. It apparently interests you.

Sugar raises triglycerides. That's not a good thing.

Yeah I have better things to do than argue with you.

I'm sure it won't be long before you're banned anyway.

[cumminslifter]

I don't know anything about the little bars of social acceptance nor does that interest me. It apparently interests you.

Sugar raises triglycerides. That's not a good thing.

brb eating over 100g of sugar a day and have PERFECT blood work panels

[APipeDream]

brb eating over 100g of sugar a day and have PERFECT blood work panels

100g a day sugar club...checking in

[MrBillson]

100g a day sugar club...checking in

I've had 244g today. srs.

[KimchiNinja]

You guys are awesome, checking myfitnesspal; I had 5g today. It looks like trace amounts in eggs, kelp and such.