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From what I can gather when it comes to adding up the amount of sugar you consume - the recommended amount per day is 90 grams - it makes no difference as to whether it is naturally occurring sugar from fruit and added sugar in things like chocolate bars and cake.

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I think the real issue is eating sugar to excess, leading to obesity.

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and diabetes.

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Thats a bit of a myth.

Eating tons of sugar may eventually cause you to be overweight, and that can contribute to Type 2, but eating loads of sugar wont directly give you diabetes.

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The real issue is people not being active enough, not sugar. Several cars in even small houses and front gardens being paved over for more parking is a clue.

We've become lazy and just sat in front of screens of one sort or another all day (and yes I know I'm in front of one now, but after a lovely 10 mile walk in the spring sunshine..)

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I agree

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All carbs (sugars, anything containing flour, beans and pulses) are broken down into simple sugars like glucose. Any excess is turned into fat by the body as stored energy.

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Glycogen is our stored energy source. Then we get fat laid down.

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It is a case of moderation.

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Fake sugar is far worse that real sugar, some has links to cancer.

Stuff like Sorbitol, and others ending in "OL" can have a laxative effects on some.

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And there’s the clue to achieving weight loss. A low carbohydrate diet is better for you than low calorie and you scarcely know you are on a diet if you follow it. I could never follow a low calorie diet - that just drains your energy and makes you feel very hungry.

A low carb diet is easy to follow and works like a dream. That’s the only diet I would recommend.

And to get back to sugar - it’s the added sugar you need to avoid. Naturally occurring sugar in food should not be a problem.

The reason you have to be careful about ‘no sugar’ food is because of what the manufacturers put in as a substitute. Better to avoid processed foods altogether if you can.

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and that gets back to my original question about the difference between naturally occurring sugar in fruit and added sugar in things like chocolate.

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agreed, and trying to keep to the recommended daily intake of 2,000 calories and 90 grams of sugar.

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I think the RDA refers to added sugar. It would be too difficult for consumers, who these targets are aimed at, to judge it otherwise.