▲ 1949 ▼ Sweet tea (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Whoa settle down there Sucrose is 1:1 glucose/ fructose which is near the optimal 0.8 ratio for fueling endurance activities I rode 100 miles solo in less than 5 hours Sunday on 360g sucrose in 4 750ml bottles It’sa lot cheaper than all that fancy SIS/skratch etc Carbs aren’t poison if you move your body permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] minorsecond@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah I consume near 400g carbs every day and am fine as a competitive powerlifter who also runs (which is rare lol). You just can't be sitting on your ass all day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonVonBasslake@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago The issue is how much hidden sugar there is, especially in the US. Just look at how many things include stuff like corn syrup when it isn't all that necessary. permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but so few people are high energy athletes who can legitimately burn the sugar right away. My comment was really about the great majority of people for whom sugar consumption is a path to metabolic disease, diabetes, and early death I still support a tax on sugar as it would reduce consumption overall, but for those wealthy enough to exercise hard a sugar tax would hardly hurt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Wealthy enough to exercise? Wtf? Ain’t even going there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It's probably a U shaped curve where you can devote (or have to devote) significant time to exercise at very low incomes, but it becomes harder at working poor sort of levels, then easy again at a certain level above poverty permalink fedilink source parent [–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) If you paid twice as much for the sugar, would it materially impact you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago At this point in my life no. When I was young, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minorsecond@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah I consume near 400g carbs every day and am fine as a competitive powerlifter who also runs (which is rare lol). You just can't be sitting on your ass all day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonVonBasslake@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago The issue is how much hidden sugar there is, especially in the US. Just look at how many things include stuff like corn syrup when it isn't all that necessary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JonVonBasslake@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago The issue is how much hidden sugar there is, especially in the US. Just look at how many things include stuff like corn syrup when it isn't all that necessary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but so few people are high energy athletes who can legitimately burn the sugar right away. My comment was really about the great majority of people for whom sugar consumption is a path to metabolic disease, diabetes, and early death I still support a tax on sugar as it would reduce consumption overall, but for those wealthy enough to exercise hard a sugar tax would hardly hurt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Wealthy enough to exercise? Wtf? Ain’t even going there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It's probably a U shaped curve where you can devote (or have to devote) significant time to exercise at very low incomes, but it becomes harder at working poor sort of levels, then easy again at a certain level above poverty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Wealthy enough to exercise? Wtf? Ain’t even going there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It's probably a U shaped curve where you can devote (or have to devote) significant time to exercise at very low incomes, but it becomes harder at working poor sort of levels, then easy again at a certain level above poverty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It's probably a U shaped curve where you can devote (or have to devote) significant time to exercise at very low incomes, but it becomes harder at working poor sort of levels, then easy again at a certain level above poverty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) If you paid twice as much for the sugar, would it materially impact you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago At this point in my life no. When I was young, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xohshoo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago At this point in my life no. When I was young, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
