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  LakeVostok on 29/04/2019 - 18:39

  thanks Op :)

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  deelaroo on 29/04/2019 - 18:52

  +1

  Almost as much sugar as a can of coke. Ridiculous that they peddle this crap to people thinking its healthy.

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    Wizard on 29/04/2019 - 19:16

    +1

    Does coke have the fibre of 2 wheat bix?

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      deelaroo on 29/04/2019 - 21:24

      Not sure what the difference is? The amount of sugar is going to have the exact same insulin spike and literal poisoning of your liver regardless.

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        ripesashimi on 30/04/2019 - 02:57

        The spike wont be as high. U&G seems to have ok-ish amount of soluble fiber and resistant starch, which obstruct the absorption of sugar (and interestingly, vitamin too) in the stomach. Similar mechanism with fruit, though fruit also have lots of antioxidants and phytonutrients. Fiber also raises insulin sensitivity. But yeah the sugar content is definitely high.

        Edit: I was curious so I checked. 27g of sugar in U&G vs 39g in Coke. Ok to consume when you occasionally have no time for breakfast imo.

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    incipient on 29/04/2019 - 19:21

    +1

    On the specific comment made, not quite. Coke has around 11g of sugar per 100ml, chocolate up and go, 6.3g…so about half as much. Also see below my comment about lactose.

    The full sugar ones are crazy sweet, and even the low sugar ones are still a bit much for my tastes.

    One thing to consider is the amount of sugar as lactose in these; hard to tell as it's not whole milk they use. In normal milk it's around 8%, but varies a bit.

    We really need a line on the nutrition table to show ADDED sugar.

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      deelaroo on 29/04/2019 - 21:23

      Sugar is sugar, added or not it has the same affect. Its like people on diets then eating piles of fruit, just because its "natural" doesn't make it not give you diabetes.

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        incipient on 30/04/2019 - 01:19

        Sugar is not sugar. They come in lots of incredibly different forms. Glucose, fructose, lactose. Generally speaking mono, di, poly-saccharides. Tell me, does rice or potato have a lot of sugar in it? As you've raised diabetes, the causes are highly complex, driven in part by sugar and subsequent obesity. Spiking insulin levels and excessive weight gain is exceptionally more difficult with milk (lactose) than coke (HFCS, Sucrose, etc.).

        But I'm not here to give anyone a lesson in chemistry. If you think milk is as bad as coke, and never drink it…as long as you get your calcium elsewhere, you'll probably be better off for it!

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          deelaroo on 30/04/2019 - 07:39

          @incipient: All processable carbs break down to glucose in your body so yes all sugar is the same.

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            incipient on 30/04/2019 - 23:41

            @deelaroo: Actually that's factually incorrect. Fructose for example goes through a fructokinase path ending up in a glyceraldehyde. Not resulting in the production or use of glucose.