I believe in this situation, the molecules are not identical.
The synthetic is slightly different.
Sort of how sugar from fruits and refined sugar are both sugar but the difference between them is enough to cause health problems with the refined one.
Like it is processed by the body slightly differently. Or binds to other things in the body differently?
Idk. I’m not a bio chemist.
I’m also pretty sure the reason refined sugar is more bad for you than fruit sugar is also the sheer quantity.
An apple isnt 1/4 sugar. But a can of soda is.
So humans aren’t really designed to gorge on that much sugar in such short periods of time.
Again. Not a biologist nor chemist nor medical doctor. So I may have some info wrong but that’s my basic understanding.
What I do know though from a pharmacology class I took many years ago is that technically everything is poison.
Even water can kill you if you drink too much in a given time period.
It’s all about quantity.
Too much of anything is gonna cause you some problems.
That’s why you always have to look at the quantities in these types of studies. Because are they giving people average consumption amounts or 200 or 500% more?
I’m also pretty sure the reason refined sugar is more bad for you than fruit sugar is also the sheer quantity.
I’m gonna concentrate on this bit right here because it’s sooo common in most people’s misunderstanding of food. Especially WRT “high fructose corn syrup”. Because that difference in quantity is a real problem - but it has nothing to do with the type or quality of sugar itself.
Enlighten me then sensei. What is the difference between two chemically identical molecules created through different processes?
I believe in this situation, the molecules are not identical. The synthetic is slightly different.
Sort of how sugar from fruits and refined sugar are both sugar but the difference between them is enough to cause health problems with the refined one.
Like it is processed by the body slightly differently. Or binds to other things in the body differently?
Idk. I’m not a bio chemist.
I’m also pretty sure the reason refined sugar is more bad for you than fruit sugar is also the sheer quantity.
An apple isnt 1/4 sugar. But a can of soda is.
So humans aren’t really designed to gorge on that much sugar in such short periods of time.
Again. Not a biologist nor chemist nor medical doctor. So I may have some info wrong but that’s my basic understanding.
What I do know though from a pharmacology class I took many years ago is that technically everything is poison.
Even water can kill you if you drink too much in a given time period.
It’s all about quantity.
Too much of anything is gonna cause you some problems.
That’s why you always have to look at the quantities in these types of studies. Because are they giving people average consumption amounts or 200 or 500% more?
I’m gonna concentrate on this bit right here because it’s sooo common in most people’s misunderstanding of food. Especially WRT “high fructose corn syrup”. Because that difference in quantity is a real problem - but it has nothing to do with the type or quality of sugar itself.