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**kucheravka** · 10-04-2010, 05:15 AM

It isn't the sodas fault. It's the sugar in the soda just like a gazillion other things we swallow every day. It doesn't matter where the sugar comes from... sugar is sugar... white , brown or otherwise. That said, soda does contain a hell of a lot of it.

Being a diabetic has taught me to read labels on food packaging and I have to tell you I'm amazed what products actually contain sugar. It's fucking everywhere. Even soup. Cans of bloody soup and some have amazing amounts. Pork & beans.. everybody loves 'em especially with a hot dog right. I can't eat 'em because of the amount of sugar in 'em.

Don't believe me.... pick almost any item off your grocers shelf and read the label.

So am I.

I think the main problem is with high fructose corn syrup. There has been a corresponding rise in diabetes and obesity since it has been introduced and more and more sweetened products switched to it as a sweetener rather than sucrose. It seems like the body cant handle massive quantities of fructose.
Of course, moderation is the key.

10-04-2010, 05:15 AM	#9
kucheravka Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 482 Senior Member	It isn't the sodas fault. It's the sugar in the soda just like a gazillion other things we swallow every day. It doesn't matter where the sugar comes from... sugar is sugar... white , brown or otherwise. That said, soda does contain a hell of a lot of it. Being a diabetic has taught me to read labels on food packaging and I have to tell you I'm amazed what products actually contain sugar. It's fucking everywhere. Even soup. Cans of bloody soup and some have amazing amounts. Pork & beans.. everybody loves 'em especially with a hot dog right. I can't eat 'em because of the amount of sugar in 'em. Don't believe me.... pick almost any item off your grocers shelf and read the label. So am I. I think the main problem is with high fructose corn syrup. There has been a corresponding rise in diabetes and obesity since it has been introduced and more and more sweetened products switched to it as a sweetener rather than sucrose. It seems like the body cant handle massive quantities of fructose. Of course, moderation is the key.
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