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is 300mg of sugar too much per day??
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Hello, in counting up my roommates sugar intake, from cola drinks especially (he drinks a 3 liter each day), I find my roommate is getting 300 grams of sugar per day. Could someone tell me what the normal intake is? What happens to the human body with this much sugar? Thank you.
Screw the diabetes affects, that’s a *LOT* of empty calories and bad for his teeth, and the caffeine is probably fairly rough on his adreneals. 3 liters ~ 96 oz, roughly 8 12 oz. cans, roughly 120 calories/can, that’s easily a thousand calories!
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cc’d by email NOTHING despite the widespread incorrect belief that sugar is in some way bad, unless he has diabetes or reactive hypoglycemia, or some other similar problem, the main problem he will have is getting fat. NOW, if he exercises enough – he can overcome that. If he doesn’t, he will have problems related to being overweight. I probably SHOULD note that he should have his BG checked regularly. He seems to be drinking quite a bit, and that could indicate diabetes. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello, in counting up my roommates sugar intake, from cola drinks especially (he drinks a 3 liter each day), I find my roommate is getting 300 grams of sugar per day. Could someone tell me what the normal intake is? What happens to the human body with this much sugar? Thank you.
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Hello, in counting up my roommates sugar intake, from cola drinks especially (he drinks a 3 liter each day), I find my roommate is getting 300 grams of sugar per day. Could someone tell me what the normal intake is? What happens to the human body with this much sugar? Thank you.
In the U.S., that cola drink is sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup. The docs are starting to warn against fructose. It encourages formation of fats in the blood which are bad news for folks interested in non-clogged arteries. Hmm. . .if he took female hormones, he might get away with it. Regards Old Al
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Hello, in counting up my roommates sugar intake, from cola drinks especially (he drinks a 3 liter each day), I find my roommate is getting 300 grams of sugar per day. Could someone tell me what the normal intake is? What happens to the human body with this much sugar? Thank you.
Well, the general recomendation for healthy persons is that 10% of caloric intake be from proteins, 30% from fats, 60% from carbs. (including sugars). Count about 9 cal/gm for fats, 4 cal/gm for prot and carbs. Do the math and see what comes up. In general, it would be a bad thing for most or all of carb intake to be from simple sugars, like in soft drinks. For some of us, overindulgence in simple sugars can cause diabetes. Others get away with it. You will get a lot of mail about this with great variations in the answers, which is one of the unfortunate results of the fact that everybody is different, and that no general rule really works all that well for everybody. Personally, I wouldn’t hassle my roomates about their sugar intake unless and until they start passing out. If you do so, you will just make them mad and not help anything. Speaking only for myself, Joe Durusau
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Hello, in counting up my roommates sugar intake, from cola drinks especially (he drinks a 3 liter each day), I find my roommate is getting 300 grams of sugar per day. Could someone tell me what the normal intake is? What happens to the human body with this much sugar? Thank you.