Thread: Sugars

They're calories. There's your answer. It all depends on what your needs are per day. Eat less than you need.

Look ya'll teach that religiously. I'm no expert ,but I'm sure there are certain substance intake levels people should obide by. So your telling me If I eat 2000 calories of donuts today and 2000 calories of chicken and veggies tomorrow My body is going to respond the same?

I remember a Navy Seal's blog where he said if you have the will power to not eat sugars at all ,and you'll be better off.

There are minimums - 1g protein per LB/LBM, 0.5g fat per LB/LBM.

You are correct in that eating 2000 calories of protein differs from 2000 calories of carbs, but the overall point is just to be consistent in whatever you do. If you eat the same every day, then it should be quite easy to know whether you're gaining, losing, or maintaining.

If you find that you're not losing fat like you want, then you either need to eat less or exercise more (the former being much easier!).

Originally Posted by ceazur

So your telling me If I eat 2000 calories of donuts today and 2000 calories of chicken and veggies tomorrow My body is going to respond the same?

In the very short term, you will respond similarly. If you are at a 500 calorie deficit while eating 2000 calories of donuts, you'll lose the same amount of fat as 2000 calories of chicken/veggies. However, it'll be almost impossible to maintain the deficit due to the extreme hunger that results from sustaining off a diet made up of predominately sugar. After a few weeks, you'll also start suffering from vitamin deficiencies and you'll likely catabolize plenty of muscle due to a lack of protein intake. Additionally, with the non-existence of fiber, you'll likely notice some GI issues as well.

My filling up those 2000 calories with the appropriate macronutrients, you can ensure a reasonable amount of satiety and muscle sparing.

Thank you both.

No 1 food can hurt
It's the calories and yes some sugars can slow down the at burning process but its all calories

Also, remember the glycemic index counts a lot too. Fruit sugar (fructose) does not cause a rapid rise and major fall in blood glucose levels, which means it has a a low glycemic index. Table sugar (sucrose) has a much higher GI.

However, make sure to eat things such as brown rice, as white rice actually have higher GI levels than white sugar!

But yes, what everyone is saying is true. In the end, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. (pretty much anyways..)

2 bannanas and 2 apples won't do anything by themselves. If you are considering removing them from your diet, then that seems to me that you need to reorganize your diet. If your diet was say, VERY low on carbs and you wanted to keep it that way for glycogen depletion, then those fruits, epecially the bannanas, might want to be cut down. In any other case, though, it won't matter much and the fiber from the apples might be beneficial.

Just make sure you get your 1g/lb of body weight for protein and decide what you want to do about carbs and fat. No reason for fat to go above 25-30% of the total grams of food though, and it would be better for your carb sources to have a low GI. You can seach google for foods with low GI.