Too much sugar?

[Spinman]

I was just wondering the controversy on sugar. I think I eat a $hit ton of sugar each day, and wonder what its doing (well, NOT doing) for my body. Whats a good intake goal on sugar? thanks

[wnxmaximus]

Originally Posted by Spinman

I was just wondering the controversy on sugar. I think I eat a $hit ton of sugar each day, and wonder what its doing (well, NOT doing) for my body. Whats a good intake goal on sugar? thanks

Its not helping your insulin sensitivity. Its not giving you a lot of quality calories. Its not helping you stay lean (if that is a problem). Its not making your teeth healthier. Its not helping you keep a consistent level of energy throughout the day (sugar crashes).

Sugar is necessary but sugar in excess will be empty calories. Worse than that is you will mess up your insulin sensitivity and from there your not optimizing your hormonal abilities.

[POWERJIM]

For the average guy the recommended sugar intake per day is a maximum of 12 teaspoons of sugar (48 grams) or roughly 9 percent of daily calories, now consider most people are getting 30 percent or more of their calories from sugars, just make sure your getting your sugars from natural sources such as fruit and veg rather than candy and soda pops etc.

PS. This will make you laugh, the US Sugar Association, which includes such giants as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and General Foods, has criticised the World Health Organization, saying that their recommendations of roughly 9% of daily sugar calories are "unfair, misguided and misleading".

The industry supports a sugar consumption limit of 25%.

[Spinman]

Lol I dont have a problem with soda, been off that for 3 years, but thats funny stats jim, and thanks for the percentage/daily grams. that helped a lot.

and max, thanks for all the other stats

[mitchcumstein]

What do you eat thats full of sugar then if youre not drinking soda? Wayne is right about insulin sensitivity. at the least itll keep you from getting lean and worst case itll lead to diabetes.

[RyanLRams]

The average american consumes 50 POUNDS of sugar a year from drinking soda alone. That's 480 cans. Pretty effin ridiculous.

[virus]

Originally Posted by RyanLRams

The average american consumes 50 POUNDS of sugar a year from drinking soda alone. That's 480 cans. Pretty effin ridiculous.

Duh, don't you know America leads the list of most obese people in the world. There's people that haven't seen their dick in over a year, let alone probably use it.

I enjoy a crisp can of moutain dew or cherry pepsi/coke about four times a month. Aside from soda and fruit and some other stuff, sugar really isn't something that is found in large abundances in various foods. What exactly are you eating that you think is sugar packed?

Edit - PJ, your the man for posting nifty stats.

[ambientdeath]

Thankfully my parents didn't let me have pop as a kid. Of course, it was painful for a while but I got over it. I'd go to other peoples houses and actually refuse pop cause it was carbonated and I hated drinks with gas. I was such a rookie drinking pop every time I went out I got the hiccups everytime.

Some fruit drinks are also packed with sugar, sometimes good sugar, but mostly bad sugar.

[Spinman]

I just eat lots of candy, or at least its seemed that way recently. its probably not as near as much as I think, but I was just wondering what I should be eating in that area. My creatine made me think of it, because someone posted about syntha 6 and all the sugar it had in it

EDIT: my creatine has 24g of sugar per scoop. -_- ditch it?

[Massive D]

Candy :s .. iccck.. never been one for sweets myself, my biggest downfall is coffee BIG TIME... and well.. some sodas..

[RyanLRams]

Originally Posted by Spinman

EDIT: my creatine has 24g of sugar per scoop. -_- ditch it?

What kind of Creatine are you taking that has 24g sugar per scoop? I would ditch it and get a good Creatine Monohydrate Powder. I looked at several online and NONE had sugar, or anything else other than the Creatine Monohydrate. Maybe yours has sugar to spike your insulin so that it is absorbed much quicker?

Check out Trueprotein.com or your local GNC.

[wnxmaximus]

Originally Posted by RyanLRams

What kind of Creatine are you taking that has 24g sugar per scoop? I would ditch it and get a good Creatine Monohydrate Powder. I looked at several online and NONE had sugar, or anything else other than the Creatine Monohydrate. Maybe yours has sugar to spike your insulin so that it is absorbed much quicker?

Check out Trueprotein.com or your local GNC.

he has one with the creatine delivery system. it is probably flavored and so forth. ya man, just check into getting pure mono powder. just take 5g at a time of straight powder (no taste) and if you really want some sugar have some apple juice or something.

[Spinman]

lol yeah, its fruit punch flavored, and very good, but obviously horrible, Ill go get some straight powder now lol

[dannyboy9]

Originally Posted by POWERJIM

the US Sugar Association, which includes such giants as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and General Foods, has criticised the World Health Organization, saying that their recommendations of roughly 9% of daily sugar calories are "unfair, misguided and misleading".

The industry supports a sugar consumption limit of 25%.

Conflict of interest much?

Originally Posted by ambientdeath

Some fruit drinks are also packed with sugar, sometimes good sugar, but mostly bad sugar.

Good point. You can receive greater health benefits by eating actual fruit.

Originally Posted by Massive D

my biggest downfall is coffee BIG TIME... and well.. some sodas..

You will be doing yourself a world of good by replacing your coffee habit with tea and water. If you find yourself weary and needing your daily dose of stimulants (i.e. coffee), try drinking more water. It's amazing what an extra half a liter of water a day can do for your energy levels.

Spinman:

As others have already suggested, go with the straight bulk creatine mono. Bulk Nutrition sells 1000 gms for $14.99. If you can come across a better deal, let me know. I'm looking into doing my first creatine mono cycle soon. I've only tried CEE and Kre-Alkalyn so I'm looking forward to going back to the old school ways.

Oh, and as for the sugar...it has it's place (like taking grape juice w/your creatine mono) but the body doesn't require sugar to function (as far as I know) so the benefits of not consuming sugar or consuming small amounts of it far outweigh the "benefits" of consuming it.

[Spinman]

yeah I ditched my creatine altogether. I didnt want to mess with the cycling, saturating, extra drink after WO, and everything else. Just go straight protein and food now. Still have a sweet tooth though.. and it kills me lol.

[dannyboy9]

Your decision was probably the best one you could've made, especially considering your logic regarding wanting to establish a sound diet before incorporating any performance enhancing supplements. You'll see that you're going to be able to achieve better results this way.