Right, so you're being pedantic. Going from mentioning sugar in fruit compared to sugar in soft drinks. At the end of the day, sugar in fruit still has all the healthy aspects that come with eating fruit. Cola does not. And if you eat a pound of fruit compared to a pound of refined sugar (a term that does exist since refining is the term used to describe making something purer) you're going to have a bad time with the refined, pure sugar. Trying to scare people with "if you think cola is bad, check out fruit" is ridiculous.
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Right, so you're being pedantic. Going from mentioning sugar in fruit compared to sugar in soft drinks. At the end of the day, sugar in fruit still has all the healthy aspects that come with eating fruit. Cola does not. And if you eat a pound of fruit compared to a pound of refined sugar (a term that does exist since refining is the term used to describe making something purer) you're going to have a bad time with the refined, pure sugar. Trying to scare people with "if you think cola is bad, check out fruit" is ridiculous.
But a pound of fruit or sugar cane does not have the same amount of sugar as a pound of refined sugar. That's like saying a pound of rock contains a pound of gold. It doesn't. It contains all manner of impurities that get refined out. The same as sugar cane or fruit.
http://practicalaction.org/docs/technical_information_service/sugar_production_from_cane.pdf
So saying people should be concerned with how much sugar is in fruit, compared to cola is ridiculous. Sensationalist at best.
With coke it normally has two sets of numbers. Per 100ml (standard on almost every liquid) and per 250ml serving, which is a standard glass. The second one always gets me as it's half a small bottle, who drinks half a small bottle and saves the rest for the next day?!
it is however consistent with the larger bottles.I've never seen someone eat a pound of refined sugar on it's own... It's normally in a pound of something else, like cake...
I'd never have a massive cup like that and I wouldn't have more than a can/bottle a day. People that gulp 2ltr bottles or more a day should really stop.
Most things are okay in reasonable amounts. Everything kills us anyway.
Most things are okay in reasonable amounts. Everything kills us anyway.
A pound of coca-cola does not have the same amount of sugar as a pound of "refined sugar"... I'm not sure what point you are trying to make by stating the obvious fact that fruit is not pure sugar?
100g of figs contains around 48g of pure/"refined" sugar, a 330ml can of coca cola contains 39g of pure/"refined" sugar, that example is a pertinent fact here.
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Fructose is metabolised completely differently to refined sugars. So comparing it to fruits is ridiculous.
Coca cola mings anyway - but people like it, let them like it. Just don't try and blame genetics or anything else for your body/metabolism etc....
Coca cola mings anyway - but people like it, let them like it. Just don't try and blame genetics or anything else for your body/metabolism etc....
perhaps don't eat the cans then
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I used to drink 2l of coke a day and I used to finish football practice when i was 8-15 and I would drink a 500ml coke. Now that I think about it I can't believe it. But it always seemed so refreshing at the time. I recently drank some coke when I was away on holiday from my sisters machine coke and it tasted just like watered down syrup. It didn't taste very nice and left a weird after taste. I stopped drinking coke about 4 years ago and I have not had any fizzy drinks, apart from alcohol which is not the same i don't? I think the carbonation in the alcohol comes from the brewing process? i had a sip of a tonic water and I was burping for about 30 seconds, not one burp.
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A cold can of coke is so refreshing. Only a can though. From anything else it doesn't taste as good. That being said I don't drink it very much. Maybe once or twice a fortnight. Yes it has a lot of sugar but so do loads of other things. People know that cakes contain a lot of sugar but if some people actually saw the exact amount I bet they'd be surprised, but what difference does it make? As long as your responsible you can enjoy whatever food/drink you like.
I'm lucky, I happen to think vegetables are delicious as well and I get a lot of exercise. It's unhealthy people's lifestyles that are the problem, not coke.
I'm lucky, I happen to think vegetables are delicious as well and I get a lot of exercise. It's unhealthy people's lifestyles that are the problem, not coke.
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Honestly think the proper, super mega sugar Coca-cola/Pepsi tastes horrible compared to Pepsi Max.
or hobgoglin.
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+1 cant beat pepsi max
That's just taste-bud conditioning at work. The more full of real sugars something is, the better it tastes to our bodies. It sees it as fuel/energy.
Fruit actually contains a lot of glucose, but there's no such thing as refined sugar anyway...
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Err.. you haven't got that quite right. And sugars are often refined that go into sweets/cakes etc. And the fructose I'm talking about is the natural sugars found in fruits/veg not used in manufactured foods which has been modified etc.
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