axeyyek
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You've probably heard before that products rich in sugar are harmful. And that's true.
However, these 'sugar-rich products' are usually rich in everything but sugar. If you want to sell products filled with cheap and easy-to-produce ingredients, and you also want to divert attention from the fact that these ingredients are harmful, you need to find a good scapegoat.
Because of its universality, sugar is a perfect scapegoat. People who decide to eliminate sugar from their diet often give up sweets, 'sugar-rich' products, and processed food, attributing their improved well-being to sugar elimination, overlooking the specifics of the other ingredients in these products.
Such situations only reinforce people's mistaken beliefs about the harmfulness of sugar, because after eliminating harmful groups of food products from their diet, these people usually feel better.
Interestingly, in studies attempting to demonstrate the harmfulness of sugar, sugar itself is not scrutinized, but always something containing sugar and dozens of other ingredients that do not naturally occur together (or at least not in that combination). And it's not that scientists are dumb or make mistakes in research.
It's because those funding the research are those who have invested in or committed to maintaining and expanding existing production and distribution systems.
With a limited amount of sugar, especially with its absence, the human brain cannot function optimally, so it lowers its performance, especially in the face of stress.
When your cognitive processes are less efficient, there is ample room to manipulate your attention and distort your perception of reality.
Generally, with lowered intellectual functions, it's easier to manipulate people.
So much easier, in fact, that you can convince them that their main, preferred source of energy is harmful to them.
Sugar makes you fat, right? Won't it make me diabetic and unhealthy?
Nope.
Human subjects given 150g added fructose a day, which scientists expected to induce fatty liver disease, did nothing except cause weight loss.
This was fructose alone -- not even fruit.
People literally don't know what carbs are. "Chips are carbs" bro look at the macros. It's mostly fat (PUFA) by calories. People also think sugar = sugary processed food, which is fillers + PUFA + sugar.
No wonder carbs/sugar make you 'feel like shit.'
Stressed?
Increasing dietary carbohydrate, but not fat or protein, led to a significant reduction in cortisol following a social stress task.
Eating sugar also reduced cortisol release induced by cold water.
Stress seems to be perceived as a need for sugar. In the absence of sucrose, satisfying this need with starch and fat is more likely to lead to obesity."
Ray Peat
Sugar makes you beautiful.
It literally does.
In a study biased against sugar, they still found that refined sugar consumption led to higher attractiveness ratings from the opposite sex in both women and men.
They said this is “maladaptive.” Give me a break.
Studies on athletes with carbohydrate mouth rinses (no swallowing) show decreased stress hormones and increased performance.
Blood sugar was unchanged -- it's not just metabolic, it's neural. We're wired to love sweet things!
However, these 'sugar-rich products' are usually rich in everything but sugar. If you want to sell products filled with cheap and easy-to-produce ingredients, and you also want to divert attention from the fact that these ingredients are harmful, you need to find a good scapegoat.
Because of its universality, sugar is a perfect scapegoat. People who decide to eliminate sugar from their diet often give up sweets, 'sugar-rich' products, and processed food, attributing their improved well-being to sugar elimination, overlooking the specifics of the other ingredients in these products.
Such situations only reinforce people's mistaken beliefs about the harmfulness of sugar, because after eliminating harmful groups of food products from their diet, these people usually feel better.
Interestingly, in studies attempting to demonstrate the harmfulness of sugar, sugar itself is not scrutinized, but always something containing sugar and dozens of other ingredients that do not naturally occur together (or at least not in that combination). And it's not that scientists are dumb or make mistakes in research.
It's because those funding the research are those who have invested in or committed to maintaining and expanding existing production and distribution systems.
With a limited amount of sugar, especially with its absence, the human brain cannot function optimally, so it lowers its performance, especially in the face of stress.
When your cognitive processes are less efficient, there is ample room to manipulate your attention and distort your perception of reality.
Generally, with lowered intellectual functions, it's easier to manipulate people.
So much easier, in fact, that you can convince them that their main, preferred source of energy is harmful to them.
Sugar makes you fat, right? Won't it make me diabetic and unhealthy?
Nope.
Human subjects given 150g added fructose a day, which scientists expected to induce fatty liver disease, did nothing except cause weight loss.
This was fructose alone -- not even fruit.
People literally don't know what carbs are. "Chips are carbs" bro look at the macros. It's mostly fat (PUFA) by calories. People also think sugar = sugary processed food, which is fillers + PUFA + sugar.
No wonder carbs/sugar make you 'feel like shit.'
Stressed?
Increasing dietary carbohydrate, but not fat or protein, led to a significant reduction in cortisol following a social stress task.
Eating sugar also reduced cortisol release induced by cold water.
Stress seems to be perceived as a need for sugar. In the absence of sucrose, satisfying this need with starch and fat is more likely to lead to obesity."
Ray Peat
Sugar makes you beautiful.
It literally does.
In a study biased against sugar, they still found that refined sugar consumption led to higher attractiveness ratings from the opposite sex in both women and men.
They said this is “maladaptive.” Give me a break.
Studies on athletes with carbohydrate mouth rinses (no swallowing) show decreased stress hormones and increased performance.
Blood sugar was unchanged -- it's not just metabolic, it's neural. We're wired to love sweet things!
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