New research suggests that children under two who are given less sugar have about a fifth lower dementia risk. Does cutting sugar that early protect the brain or is the study picking up another hidden factor?
I get that, and we limited all sugar, but he still had fruits and veggies. Just no candy, ice cream, cupcakes, anything like that. I think that’s still an improvement over the regular American diet.
The fructose caveat you’ve given is huge, though. Almost all added sugar is in the form of sucrose (half fructose) or high fructose corn syrup (also half fructose).
Plus, quantity itself does matter, too. If the effect of adding a bunch of sugar is that the person ends up consuming more sugar overall, then that can affect health as well.
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I get that, and we limited all sugar, but he still had fruits and veggies. Just no candy, ice cream, cupcakes, anything like that. I think that’s still an improvement over the regular American diet.
Things with added sugar tend to have more sugar than things with natural sugars.
Glycemic index is for that right?
The fructose caveat you’ve given is huge, though. Almost all added sugar is in the form of sucrose (half fructose) or high fructose corn syrup (also half fructose).
Plus, quantity itself does matter, too. If the effect of adding a bunch of sugar is that the person ends up consuming more sugar overall, then that can affect health as well.