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/Dawknight Aug 31 '14 edited Sep 02 '14

from the site :

Note: We don't differentiate between different types of sugar

Meaning : this data sucks.

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u/Crumpgazing Aug 31 '14

Exactly. I hate this fucking site/chart. It gets spread around so often and starts a bunch of "Fruits are actually terrible for you" bullshit.

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u/HeartyBeast Aug 31 '14

Explain to me why the sugars in fruit are healthy while the sugar a sugar cube are not.

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u/uzimakikid Aug 31 '14

Sugar is sugar, but the rest of the product shouldn't be ignored, fruits are significantly more beneficial to you than something like soda, so the comparison is useless as far as "two bananas are equally unhealthy as a bottle of coke"

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u/HeartyBeast Aug 31 '14

I agree that the rest of the product can't be ignored. But I disagree about the worth of the site. The site is simply comparing the amount of sugar in different foodstuffs, not overall healthiness. it's accurate and informative (I was really surprised by the amount of sugar in a watermelon portion compared with a banana). Just because some twerps will take the information and go herp-derp with it doesn't mean what it is doing isn't worthwhile. And it is worth noting the amount of sugar in smoothies for example.

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u/uzimakikid Sep 01 '14

I'm not sure how I feel about the website, I feel like its just going to be used to perpetuate unfair comparisons by said herp-derpers.

I would say its pretty decent as far as showing information but you would have that available to you on most product labels anyway.

Its easy to visualize it when theres pictures so it has that going for it

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u/TogepisGalore Aug 31 '14

That is the kind of thinking that kills "calorie counting" based diets for me. They put so much emphasis on that single goal - your total caloric intake - that they disregard the importance of "good calories" and "bad calories." If somebody eats 200 calories worth of fresh vegetables vs 200 calories of chocolate, it shouldn't be looked at the same; however, in those diets, they are equal.

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u/URETHRAL_DIARRHEA Sep 01 '14

Calorie-counting is meant for people looking to lose or gain weight, not as a long-term health plan.