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I consume multiple times more sugar than the average person, and I'm thin as a rail with a healthy metabolism. Sugar in itself isn't likely to be bad. Sugar in addition to a deranged metabolism is probably bad. Fixing the deranged metabolism, (which is likely to be caused by various environmental factors) will probably be the best solution.

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> I consume multiple times more sugar than the average person, and I'm thin as a rail with a healthy metabolism.

The average American consumes around 125g of sugar per day [1, 2]. This is about 500 kcals. Multiple times that would mean most of your daily calories are coming from sugar, unless you are very physically active.

[1] https://www.sugar.org/diet/intake/

[2] https://www.thediabetescouncil.com/45-alarming-statistics-on...

Yesterday, I had 3 bottles of coke at 40g of sugar each, 4 cups of OJ at 25g of sugar each, and 1/3 a pound of fudge, which I think is about 50g. That's around 270g of simple sugars. If you care about carb intake, I also had 7 idlis, which is an indian rice cake, and a dosa, which is a rice crepe, which probably adds a significant amount of starch.

I probably reliably have 2x the average for simple sugars

May I ask if you're under 45?

Yes haha. I'm sure my habits will change as I age

What's your daily caloric intake, though? It's not just sugar that's negative. Traditional diets which are high in either carbohydrates or fats are broadly ok, it's the combination which is problematic, because it's all the caloric consumption of fats at 9kcal/g along with ghrelin/insulin spiking/dropping with carbohydrates (at 4kcal/g) which is an issue, because all of a sudden daily caloric intake is much higher.

The OP’s point was that sugar is a problem in itself, so I was addressing that. You’re saying it’s total caloric intake which is a different claim. I do eat a good amount of fat, from the fudge and the dosa for example. Idk what my total caloric intake is like, but it’s probably around 2k

> Fixing the deranged metabolism

> with a healthy metabolism.

how are you measuring that you have 'healthy metabolism'.

Standard measures like blood pressure, avg body temp, thyroid levels

those don't measure 'healthy metabolism', what does that even mean.

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