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Probably not the same sugar as a soda. The subtle differences can really make a big difference when it comes to biological processes.

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The sugar in milk is lactose (glucose + galactose). Soda is basically fructose and glucose. So the glucose if common between the two.

I want recommendations of "don't eat sugar" to dig into the details, because sugar is everywhere. My mother-in-law "doesn't eat sugar" but constantly snacks on figs/dates, pours honey over everything, and drinks fruit smoothies daily. In my opinion, she has a very high sugar diet despite not adding any table sugar or corn syrup to anything. Many recommendations say to limit "added sugar" without explaining why naturally occurring sugar is okay.

Here’s the best explanation I’m aware of. It’s long but worth it. It changed how I think about food. I’ve been much more successful in eating healthily now that I understand how the body processes different types of sugar. Refined sugar (fructose) is poison.

https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM

What a great presentation, I hadn’t seen this. My question would be: what of the diet or zero calorie products? I heard they make you overconsume later because basically they are anti-satiating. Would be interested to know.

Sucrose is table sugar, and fructose is the sugar found in fruit and veg. Fructose is also often used as an additive in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. Unfortunately fructose is even worse for you than sucrose, despite fructose occurring in otherwise healthy foods.

But they do not have the same glycemic index or insulin index.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_index

I'm not a big fan of sugar, and I regret that I even avoid fruits on account of them being too sweet. Some apples are sour, but that's not preferable either.

What's a nice fruit that's not bred to be way too sugary?

I would argue what mainstream stores would call "asian"/exotic, like dragon fruit.

Tomatoes

Nuts too!

Look at keto diet fruits: berries(raspberries, blueberrie, blackberries etc.) and I think cantaloupes as well.

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