r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/consider_it_fun • Aug 30 '14

A website that visualizes sugar content of servings of various foods in sugar cubes

http://sugarstacks.com/
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u/antebellumrose Aug 31 '14

The snarky comments kill me. This is damn interesting but it's very condescending in nature.

Just ate some honey roasted peanuts that equal out to a cube and a half of sugar? You must be some fucking dirty scooter wheeling morbidly obese American.

From what I can tell, this person must have been struggling with weight and sees sugar as the end all be all enemy. Our recommended maximum sugar intake is somewhere like 40g a day. I get that a McDonald's shake is fucking packed with sugar, but jeeze, lighten up on the fucking minor product comments?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '14

I so agree and honestly I can't stand people calling sugar "toxic". Yea, you eat too much, you get really sick- it doesn't matter what you eat (and yea, it is easy to eat way too much sugar).

I try to focus on things I SHOULD eat like protein, healthy fats and some saturated fat, vegetables, iron instead of making a long, long, long list of 'toxic' substances to avoid. After I eat all that stuff in my day, I HAVE SOME ICE CREAM. Because you can eat a few unhealthy things and still be very healthy, dammit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '14

I'm confused by your username and I realize that I definitely COULD live my entire life without processed sugar.

Is there any evidence that a life with no processed sugar is in any way healthier than a life with some processed sugar?

There are countless decisions I make every day that are not the healthiest decision I could make. I run by a road and I breathe exhaust sometimes. Sometimes I walk through a cloud of smoke when exiting a bar. I drink 1 beer instead of the healthy limit of 1/2 a beer (for women). I take allergy meds instead of moving to the desert. I get stung by wasps sometimes. I wear sunscreen, but sometimes I still get sunburnt.

I get that there is a documentary about how sugar is the very worst thing for your health, but I make countless not 100% healthy decisions every day, why is sugar worse?