Talk:Sugar addiction

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This page was voted on for deletion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Sugar addiction. The consensus was to keep it. dbenbenn | talk 14:41, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sucrose or Fructose?

seriously, were any of you awake during freshman chemistry?

[edit] "ADDICTION"

"Addiction" has a specific medical meaning. I am not a doctor and haven't researched this, but I don't believe sugar meets that definition. We need to steer some kind of midway course. The sugar manufacturers would have us believe that sugar is a perfectly healthy substance that has nothing to do with obesity. Sugar may, in fact, have harmful effects, but that is not the same thing as saying that it is addictive. Dpbsmith (talk) 00:10, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Sugar! Must have sugar! Must have it! Can't live without it! Sugarrr! My preciousssssssss! Gollum! Gollum!

There needs to be more discussion on whether it's possible to get addicted to the sugar from fruit. I find myself eating too many bananas everyday. 68.170.0.238 08:58, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps you suffer from potassium addiction? GraemeLeggett 09:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No, I am sure it is a sugar addiction ... Of course I'm avoiding all refined sugars. 68.170.0.238 20:13, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's interesting to notice how soft drinks with sugar on the American continent are more common and less expensive than bottled water. Also interesting are the studies suggesting links between diabetes and addiction to soft drinks (even those without caffeine). There also are known problems related to eating candies and drinking soft drinks instead of healthy, complete foods (the sugar levels increase dramatically quickly in the blood, to very soon drop back rapidly again, unlike the longer term energy provided by complete foods for instance). Relatively high Insulin levels can be produced by the body when the blood sugar is excessively high, which can also afterwards cause Hypoglycemia-like temporary symptoms... This doesn't eliminate the fact that glucose-fructose (sucrose or table sugar) is extracted from naturally occuring sources, but moderation is necessary for most (if not all) natural ingredients as well, some because of potential toxicity, others because of their interraction with other compounds, metabolism, etc. Since sugar is a high source of calories, which can provide short term energy, relying on sugar by habit to provide energy, instead of eating complete foods, can lead to a variety of malnutrition related problems, obviously. There also can be a similar problem with starches which are very rapidly absorbed and converted to sugar. Some food sources are too high in starches and too low in proteins and other vital nutrients, and should not be considered adequate meals by themselves. These leads are from memory, but with some research and time it would be nice to back the relevant ideas with reliable references and expand the article... --66.11.179.30 20:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

• All of this falls far short of indicating that sugar is "addictive." Before you are born, you do not need any air. Once you take that first breath, you are hooked and need to keep breathing it, to the extent that you will die if it is withdrawn. That does not make air "addictive." Dpbsmith (talk) 21:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)