Sugar Health Risks

The cluster centers on debates about the harmful effects of sugar consumption, portraying it as addictive, a primary cause of obesity and health issues, and worse than fats or salts, with calls to reduce or eliminate it from diets.

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Sample Comments

YetAnotherNick Nov 20, 2024 View on HN

Did I claim sugar is not problematic?

0x4f3759df Apr 20, 2018 View on HN

Too much sugar to drink, that's all you need to know

lamp987 Sep 16, 2022 View on HN

stop caring about fat, the problem is sugar

5upplied_demand Dec 12, 2025 View on HN

Better stop eating all that sugar.

treeman79 Dec 15, 2020 View on HN

Getting Sugar out of diet is a big deal for a lot of people.

Cthulhu_ Oct 19, 2023 View on HN

This is lazy either/or thinking; sugars are fine, excess sugar causes issues over a longer timespan.

Normal_gaussian Jun 19, 2017 View on HN

And drop the consumption of sugars significantly

arcticbull Oct 3, 2020 View on HN

Sugar content is often far more relevant. Sugar is not good for humans.

smtddr May 4, 2014 View on HN

The anti-sugar "hysteria" stems from the fact that everything seems to have some type of sugar added to it.If you live in USA you probably have too much sugar in your diet if you're not taking any steps to reduce it. When my wife(and her mom) first came to USA from Nigeria, they both complained that everything tasted like sugar. Even dinner-type meals that are suppose to be savory. I also have a relative who doesn't need their medication to control their blood-sugar when t

pibechorro Sep 3, 2021 View on HN

Salt and fat arent necessarily bad things. Its sugar that is the crack cocain of food.