In an interesting coincidence, i gave up chocolate this week. Thats the last of my addictions and bad habits done.
I sure am enjoying plain room temperature tap water a special treat these days though 🥲
Australia may be losing its sweet tooth – but sugar is only part of our health story
Submitted 3 weeks ago by TheDwZ@lemmy.world to australia@aussie.zone
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Sugar gives you heart disease.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And liver disease because IIRC The by-products of sugar are the same as alcohol.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Specifically fructose (which is one half of sucrose, which is what we mostly think of as ‘sugar’ when cooking) is processed in the liver, and can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: …harvard.edu/…/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for…