View Poll Results: What about sugar?

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  • I try to avoid both refined and unrefined sugar

    24 17.52%
  • I avoid refined sugar (close to) 100%

    15 10.95%
  • I avoid cane/beet/palm sugar

    3 2.19%
  • I normally avoid refined sugar

    29 21.17%
  • I use refined sugar occasionally

    18 13.14%
  • I haven't really paid much attention to refined sugar yet / I use it

    22 16.06%
  • I use sugar that is refined without using animal products

    29 21.17%
  • I use the kind of sugar that is naturally brown, like Demarara and Turbinado (but not refined sugar that has been made brown)

    35 25.55%
  • I use other natural sweeteners, like stevia, maple syrup etc.

    46 33.58%
  • I use artifical/synthetic sweeteners

    13 9.49%
  • I use fair trade sugar

    19 13.87%
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Thread: Sugar

  1. #51

    Default Re: sugar

    There are plenty of other sources from which to draw energy. And sugar is not healthy anyway. Look up some information about it, there is plenty.

  2. #52
    Abe Froman Risker's Avatar
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    Default Re: Sugar

    ^ You don't need sugar, of course not. It's not going to kill you if you have a few sweets though.

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    Default Re: Sugar

    I actually consider sugar to be healthy in some circumstances, I'm diabetic and even though its well controlled, several times a week my blood sugar drops* and I HAVE to have sugar to rebalance it or I will pass out, on those days I consider it to be extremely healthy as its the only thing stopping me from ending up in hospital (or worse). So I think it depends on your definition of healthy, for me the side effects of having sugar can far outway the consequences of not.

    *This is caused by a variety of reason such as being active (I walk about a mile to work and a mile back, swim up to 10K a week), needing to adjust meds, exercise recovery (upto 24 hours after), stress/upset, ambient temperature (insulin works more quickly in hot temperatures), alcohol, and it can happen for no reason whatsoever (I.E it happens in the middle of the night sometimes for no reason).

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