The shocking amount of sugar hiding in your food - BBC

The Truth About Carbs | BBC

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[Simlemss]

I love how throughout this entire documentary the message was 'if you eat too many carbs and all that glucose that isn't burned immediately will be stored as fat' - anyone with a basic understanding of metabolism knows that excess glucose that isn't immediately burned is stored as GLYCOGEN in your liver and muscles to be burned when needed (i.e fasting overnight) NOT immediately fat. Sure, of you eat a shit ton of carbs to the point where your glycogen stores and full then you will store it as fat, but if you eat a shit ton of any macronutrient you will store it as fat! Excess energy consumed= weight gain. Stop scaring people from eating bloody jacket potatoes and rice BBC.

[totallybasicyoutubechannel]

This is interesting but it's a quite misleading. Carbs give you energy and just because something is mostly carbs, it's not very useful to place it alongside cubes of refined sugar like this, suggesting they are more equivalent than they are.

These people in this video are probably going to walk away thinking many foods like potatoes are loaded with sugars and crap, instead of a better understanding of energy content/nutritional content/ caloric content, which would be more useful.

[Jason-Peters]

Just because a jacket potato or rice have starch that equates to the equivalent of however much sucrose, it doesn't make them "unhealthy"... The body needs carbs.

[xbabyxginx]

It’s complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates, some complex carbs might contain more ‘sugar’ but it’s not refined sugar (like you find in chocolate and sweets etc) and it takes the body longer to process it and gives you more energy and ‘better quality’ energy for longer. Where as simple carbs give you a short sharp burst of energy but you crash quickly. Not all sugar is bad sugar.
The BBC made an episode of eat well for less where this was addressed for a family who’s child had type 1 diabetes!

[ArshadAdventures]

I am absolutely sure to say that rice, strawberry or any other naturally occurring food is not unhealthy.

[saraha.]

As long as it's not added sugar, and you eat a balanced diet you're good.

[candyazz]

You forgot to take into account that all plant foods contain fiber, and the fiber plays a huge part of getting rid of any excess sugars. The more fiber the better no matter the sugar.

[alfagulf]

As a diabetic who often check my blood glucose level, I confirm that indeed rice, white bread and pasta raises my blood sugar considerably.

[virginiamoss]

This video is really irritating me! She asks to guess the amount of sugar and then judges each food on the break down to glucose which includes carbohydrates of all kinds. The sugar cubes are just one kind of carbohydrate. Unfair, misleading, unprofessional!

[habibahmed]

*"I'm not eating rice no more."*

Said no bengali ever! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[eoncjzz]

This is quite misleading and irresponsible. You cannot tell the public that eating a strawberry is equivalent to a muffin they do not break down in the body the same way.

[Srindal]

Sugar or carbohydrates is not the problem. If it was the problem Japan and Okinawa would of passed out as a nation a long time ago.

[DeliriousGnome]

I'm Asian, I eat one (white) rice meal almost every day and I've always been skinny. It's about portion size and what you eat alongside your rice. You can't compare complex carbohydrates like rice to actual sugar cubes.

[rqrghvc]

The carbs in the baked potato are more complex carbs than those on the muffin. The baked potato keeps you full for longer than the muffin does. The strawberries have a high water content.

[Graphite]

This is ridiculous. It sends out completely the wrong message.

[BritishRosie-eszr]

Totally misleading. It makes it look like there is ADDED sugar in rice and potatoes. Watching this, people might think it's healthier to eat a muffin than a potato.

[tyras_heartlocker]

Whole plant foods such as rice and potatoes have healthy carbohydrates that are processed completely differently in the body compared to refined sugars and carbohydrates. What a misleading video!

[videomaster]

One more reason to cancel your TV Licence!

[macclift]

Strawberries that haven't ripened properly before being picked, means the full complement of vitamins, minerals and general goodness (including sweetness) hasn't developed yet.

[piotrpiotrowski]

It is important to COMPLETELY AVOID eating refined white sugar. People should NOT use it in cooking or drinks, they should NOT buy products that use it if they want to look and feel their best. Refined white sugar has been linked to almost all diseases!!! Therefore people should just NOT produce it and NOT use it at all.

I think the UK should COMPLETELY BAN the production and use of refined white sugar in ALL of its packaged foods and from supermarkets and food shops as well as restaurants and cafes.

Food companies making biscuits, cakes, breads and catering companies organising school meals should be asked to use ONLY unrefined, natural sugars that are not artificially coloured when making products/meals.

White refined sugar has caused stupid amounts of tooth decay. There are too many teenagers and young people with very yellow, even black and missing teeth in the UK. It is not acceptable or good for anyone. It has also been linked to unwanted weight gain, to diabetes, to heart problems, to poor mental health.

They should completely ban all the white refined sugar cubes and sachets in restaurants and cafes.

Please put about ONLY UNREFINED NATURAL SUGAR THAT IS NOT ARTIFICIALLY COLOURED in SACHETS or as sugar cubes in restaurants and cafes.

This should help improve the situation in the UK.

Also it would be helpful if there were a teaspoon symbol with a number in it printed on each product that contains sugar. This is to show how many teaspoons of sugar are in the product in a clearer way. So a symbol showing a teaspoon with a 3.0 in it would mean that there are 3 teaspoons or sugar cubes in the product. A teaspoon with 3.5 on it would mean that there are 3 and a half teaspoons of sugar in the product.

AND It needs to be made MUCH CLEARER to everybody that adults should have maximum 7 sugar cubes a day and that each teaspoon of sugar contains 4g of sugar. And that a can of cola has 10 sugar cubes for example, that is 3 sugar cubes over the daily recommended limit!!! Many adults in the UK drink a can of a sugary drink with their lunch, they also have a dessert, and there are lots of hidden sugars in their meals every day in the UK. They are going way over their sugar limit. They need more help with reducing their sugar intake.

As a new year's resolution I have stopped buying and eating products that have sugar as the first/main ingredient plus I have stopped buying refined white sugar to use at home. I now use only organic unrefined natural sugar or simply fruit to sweeten foods. This has meant that I can no longer buy cakes from supermarkets or most chocolate bars and snacks. I can only have dark chocolate. It is a challenge and I have managed to stay on track. I have lost weight and feel happier and healthier and have more energy and my teeth, which were hurting a bit, do not hurt much now.