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I got sick, I lost 8 more kg (16lb) in weight in 5 days: when I got out of hospital I over-ate sugar and carbs for two weeks and got fitter, faster than anyone would believe. Sugar is good for you - thank goodness I learned a few tricks beforehand - DR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ3VoOdZRMM DJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPVHGt3Nf9U FC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxzFimnSfDk

All my fat friends avoid sugar. And drink coffee...because they're tired.

It's not the sugar, it's the not using it, that is a problem. Especially when discussing an article that was published in (2013).

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> Sugar is good for you

Nope! For the general populace the linked article and research clearly points out that this is just not true.

Now, of course there are cases when excessive consumption of sugar is beneficial - for example, where someone is malnourished it might be good for one's health. Just like some people need specific medicine to get better, the same medicine being poisonous to others or poisonous in higher concentrations.

As for the article being from 2013... the medicine (and science in general) does not get outdated the way some other fields do. Did we get over obesity problems since 2013? Nah, not even close: https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/01/06/obesity-c... . Exact opposite is true.

> All my fat friends avoid sugar.

As they should - yet this is super vague. People "avoid" getting killed in road accidents yet are guilty of speeding in numerous cases. Without proper data on their sugar consumption (which you don't have, and they likely don't have either) you are in no position to say whether the amount they consume is anywhere near "safe".

> I got sick, I lost 8 more kg (16lb) in weight in 5 days: when I got out of hospital I over-ate sugar and carbs for two weeks and got fitter, faster than anyone would believe.

If you lost that much so fast it's because before being sick you were very high in glycogen muscular reserves, which binds on water big time. Surely you didn't eat during your sickness, leading to glycogen depletion, leading to shredding all that water and weight.

You surely were then very miserable, because losing so much water during 5 days means having virtually no more minerals, magnesium and potassium being key components for cellular activity.

And then you binged on carbs, building your glycogen reserves back to normal, bringing minerals back in your system, and assuredly you felt better.

But you also piked your insulin level by eating a lot of carbs, and you are now a step closer to insulin resistance.

> Sugar is good for you

If you eat sugar often enough to induce insulin resistance, then, no, it's not. Otherwise, yes, go enjoy your annual 100gr of candies, it won't hurt, it may even go one rep further on that squat max.

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