I suppose it is for a person with a severe T2 condition.Just like arsenic...
Get it on prescription, that is if you can afford it post Brexit when Trump does a free trade deal which includes the NHS with the UK gubberment.Honest question: if sugar is banned, how will type 1's treat their hypos?
Jelly babies on prescription?Get it on prescription, that is if you can afford it post Brexit when Trump does a free trade deal which includes the NHS with the UK gubberment.
It’s a natural resource.
On the subject of nutrients:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient
for an overview.
The definition includes energy sources. This obviously includes sugars.
The definition also includes carbohydrates. Sugars are carbohydrates.
Can you live on pure refined white sugar?
Realistically, yes you can, for a prolonged period but not forever.
Sugar and water will keep you alive for months.
This does involve metabolising some body protein for vital building blocks to keep your body running but you are getting almost all of your nutrition from the sugar.
Sugars are found throughout the plant kingdom and are an important energy store and source both for plants and animals.
The problem with modern food production is that we are getting "too much of a good thing" and a subset of the population suffers from metabolic problems with the safe handling of excess sugars and other carbohydrates.
Sugar isn't an essential nutrient to humans because we can get energy from other sources. However it is still classed as a nutrient.
Yes...and have the REAL sugar amount (total carbs / 4) for carb based food shown on the front of a packet / packaging and TV adverts, or verbally voiced on radio.So says the BBC article today:
“Over the past decade, smoking has become marginalised and stigmatised.
From the smoking ban in 2007 to the introduction of plain packaging a decade later, everything has been done to discourage people from taking up the habit.
And there are signs sugar is heading the same way.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48499195
Who is recommending sugar to diabetics? I merely posed the opening post.It’s about as helpful as fruit being recommended to diabetics because the sugar is “natural”.
Exactly. It’s the too much of it that is the key point. If it were or had been confined to smaller quantities in our diets, many of us wouldn’t be participating on this forum now.On the subject of nutrients:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient
for an overview.
The definition includes energy sources. This obviously includes sugars.
The definition also includes carbohydrates. Sugars are carbohydrates.
Can you live on pure refined white sugar?
Realistically, yes you can, for a prolonged period but not forever.
Sugar and water will keep you alive for months.
This does involve metabolising some body protein for vital building blocks to keep your body running but you are getting almost all of your nutrition from the sugar.
Sugars are found throughout the plant kingdom and are an important energy store and source both for plants and animals.
The problem with modern food production is that we are getting "too much of a good thing" and a subset of the population suffers from metabolic problems with the safe handling of excess sugars and other carbohydrates.
Sugar isn't an essential nutrient to humans because we can get energy from other sources. However it is still classed as a nutrient.
I used to work for Allied Lyons - the food people.Question is, to what degree have we all been complicit in the over indulging of surgery and carby foods, in the past? Is it solely the fault of the suppliers?
Who is recommending sugar to diabetics? I merely posed the opening post.