Comments on: What are the health issues regarding the consumption of refined sugar? http://www.talk-about-health.net/diet-fitness/what-are-the-health-issues-regarding-the-consumption-of-refined-sugar/ Discussions are Health Issues and Improving Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: M T http://www.talk-about-health.net/diet-fitness/what-are-the-health-issues-regarding-the-consumption-of-refined-sugar/#comment-1316 M T Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:26:17 +0000 http://www.talk-about-health.net/diet-fitness/what-are-the-health-issues-regarding-the-consumption-of-refined-sugar/#comment-1316 Besides the straight calories, it is mostly bad for the teeth (by "feeding" the bacteria in the mouth, lowering surface pH, thereby enhancing tooth decay via de-mineralization), so there is a reason to avoid it for all, even those who do not have any issues with unwanted weight gain. The purely natural sugars that come to mind, besides those in fruit, are honey and maple syrup. Honey has virtually no sucrose (being mostly fructose and glucose), and maple syrup is mostly sucrose. They may be less of a contributor to tooth decay, but sugar is sugar as far as calories go (except for glycemic index, where the basic thought is that lower is healthier). If anyone is going to eat sugar, though, at least with natural you get all the natural nutrients that come with them, as opposed to refined sugar, where all that other stuff has been stripped away. Molasses is a precursor to refined sugar that at least retains its nutrients/minerals. Here's some conversion info: Besides the straight calories, it is mostly bad for the teeth (by “feeding” the bacteria in the mouth, lowering surface pH, thereby enhancing tooth decay via de-mineralization), so there is a reason to avoid it for all, even those who do not have any issues with unwanted weight gain.

The purely natural sugars that come to mind, besides those in fruit, are honey and maple syrup. Honey has virtually no sucrose (being mostly fructose and glucose), and maple syrup is mostly sucrose. They may be less of a contributor to tooth decay, but sugar is sugar as far as calories go (except for glycemic index, where the basic thought is that lower is healthier). If anyone is going to eat sugar, though, at least with natural you get all the natural nutrients that come with them, as opposed to refined sugar, where all that other stuff has been stripped away. Molasses is a precursor to refined sugar that at least retains its nutrients/minerals.

Here’s some conversion info:

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