Sugar is in fruit and you can eat a ton of fruit and be ok, but then you can’t eat much candy or pop. What’s the difference? Also sugar vs sweeteners? Sugar is such a world I can’t wrap my mind around because there’s so much debate!
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Basically, sugar is sugar, the source and type don’t matter much but the amount does.
As long as your having a healthy amount as part of a balanced diet the type isn’t that important.
But if you want to know there’s 3 types of sugar, Glucose, Fructose, and Galactose.
All sugar is comprised of some combination of three different sugar molecules, in various ratios.
White sugar is 50% glucose and 50% fructose.
Maple syrup is 51.5% glucose and 49.5% fructose.
High fructose corn syrup is 45% glucose and 55% fructose.
Agave nectar is 12% glucose and 88% fructose.
Brown sugar is 49.5% glucose and 49.5% fructose.
Honey is 44.5% glucose and 50.5% fructose.
Coconut sugar is around 80% sucrose, which breaks down to around 40% glucose and 40% fructose.
It’s pretty safe to say that we’re splitting hairs when we say that one sugar is better chemically than another, since they’re all pretty much the same chemically, and to our bodies.
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