“Evils” of sugar roundup

In the Guardian there is a nice summary of the ideas about how sugar, not fat, causes obesity. I am in agreement. As always, I would like to point out something that many (such as Lustig) gloss over or outright mislead about. Sugar itself does not seem to be harmful. It is only the constant infusion of sugar, and the lack of satiety (and therefore overeating) that sugar produces that cause problems. Sugar makes people inclined to eat more calories, but doesn’t itself cause weight gain.

Sugar is not inherently evil, despite the public portrayal. You don’t need to cut sugar out of your diet, but doing so makes it easy to lose weight because so many things have sugar and you end up having to avoid most foods. In the end, calories are what really matter.

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