It wasn't that long ago you were on an anti-sugar rampage and disparaging people for saying this exact thing.

I'm confused BEP... are you promoting individual responsibility on this matter? Because it doesn't sound like it.

Rats are dumb.

You extrapolated that on your own, based on an assumption. I called for moderating it's use. That was responsibility right there.

Anyone can criticize Big Agra/Food and not buy their products. It's called having an opinion on the thread title: Sugar is bad for you. Topic was not about personal responsibility but the characteristics of sugar if'n' you noticed. Responsibility is another angle. I addressed sugar. It was educational which affects the market. Food companies have responded to a degree from that. After that others can choose to act based on that or not.

So quit being a jerk and read with comprehension. That would handle your confusion. Also, I am not a libertarian. I just know big agra is in bed with govt protecting them. Corny syrup is even worse and that's due to govt policies that it's in so many many things. No it's not the same as in it's just another calorie it metabolizes differently.

I buy natural and organic food and little sugar except for special occasions. I am sensitive to cane sugar but not beet sugar. I have often posted I use Stevia. You know what ASSumptions make you?

So where's the lack of responsibility? Nowhere.

As for someone calling out posters for criticizing the big food companies denying them their right to an opinion, that also doesn't mean those doing the criticizing buy those products either. Afterall, organic food purchases grew 14% from 2013-14 and more natural food markets are opening.


http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Mar...4-from-2013-18

In fact The Guardian reports :

Or Big Pharma/Med.

It's not BECAUSE of sugar. You're just taking in less calories than you're buring. You can be on an all chocolate cake diet and achieve the same results.

You just have to eat more vegetables. Like chocolate!

-BEP

That was Buck not Gochiefs

Link?

And did you read it right or are you confusing context? I notice lefties tend to twist words around to mean something other than posted.
In fact I posted the EXACT same thing you did about chocolate cake in your Post #51. Please read, instead of twisting my words to suit your antagonism.

I think that was on aspartame being bad for you. Between aspartame and sugar, sugar is the lesser of two evils. Moderation is fine though.

Case in point, more calories consumed than burned causes obesity and weight gain. But food companies know that putting excessive sugar and sodium in their foods make them addictive and this makes it difficult for people to fight the craving. It's not much different than using other drugs. Happy chemicals like dopamine are released, thus making the feeling that comes from consuming high amounts of sugar and sodium addicting, not to mention it makes the food delicious. It's not a conspiracy. It's just part of the business and money game.

But yeah, no shit the more vague comment is that excessive calories is what causes weight gain. But there are more details as to why people continue to eat these excessive calories in unsafe moderations.

There's no caloric debate, as to whether or not excessive sugar causes diabetes or excessive sodium causes high blood pressure. These things are medical facts.

So while you ****s argue whether calories or sugar is causing weight gain, you're all technically right. There are calories in sugar, and sugar can be addictive to certain people. So stfu.

You could eat Oreos all day long and lose weight if you wanted to. That would be a horrible, horrible idea though.

I think the important thing to note is that foods with excess amounts of added sugar (cookies, sodas, cakes, candy, etc) are the ones that do the most in significantly add to your daily caloric intake.

The guy you quoted said he lost 21 pounds so I'm assuming he was, and maybe still is, a fat shit. To a guy like that, it might be best to drop down to about 1800-2000 calories per day (depends though). If he drinks one glass of soda, he's already used up like 1/4 of his daily limit. Not to mention, those types of sugary foods/drinks are rarely ever satisfactory and tend to leave you wanting more.

LMAO

As with most everything.

I had read the other day that one cup of Coca Cola has enough sugar to make you throw up. The only reason you don't is that they put some type of chemical that prevents you from doing so.

Thankfully, I've never been particularly fond of soda.

I'm sorry, but if this planet is going to continue to sustain us in the future, people are going to have to ****ing die.
I know how that sounds.
But I just don't understand the world's infatuation with wanting to live until someone else has to wipe your ass.
Heart attack sounds good to me.
Just about everything that tastes good is bad for you, and everything that is fun is dangerous.
I'm gonna eat it, drink it, climb it, jump it, **** it, and enjoy it with my foot on the gas.
I'm gonna live for 60 years, give or take, when most people live for 30, exist for 20, ponder for 15 and die for 10..
And in 50 years the government is going to either have to start more wars, or find more creative ways to kill all you leaf eaters.