Comments on: Sweetie http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/10/17/sweetie/ Mon, 21 May 2012 16:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: shankin http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/10/17/sweetie/comment-page-1/#comment-3330 shankin Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:28:45 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1482#comment-3330 Wherever sugar (sucrose and fructose) is present in nature, there is fibre (sugar cane is extremely fibrous). Fibre helps in digestion. Only now that we are drinking soda, etc with only sugar and no fibre .... we are facing problems with obesity etc. Wherever sugar (sucrose and fructose) is present in nature, there is fibre (sugar cane is extremely fibrous). Fibre helps in digestion. Only now that we are drinking soda, etc with only sugar and no fibre …. we are facing problems with obesity etc.

]]> By: Venu http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/10/17/sweetie/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Venu Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:24:01 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1482#comment-3329 <i>Biologically speaking, the human body is favourably disposed towards sweets since sweets are extremely high in energy</i> Hmm, I wonder about this story. It seems more likely that our predilection for sweets was formed much earlier, during the hunter gatherer age, when the only sweets around were fruits, and eating fruits was clearly beneficial because fruits are nutrient dense (besides, also being instant energy). In any case its not even clear we have that strong a preference for sweets - practically no cuisine serves sweet dishes as a part of the main course, only desserts tend to be sweet. Biologically speaking, the human body is favourably disposed towards sweets since sweets are extremely high in energy

Hmm, I wonder about this story. It seems more likely that our predilection for sweets was formed much earlier, during the hunter gatherer age, when the only sweets around were fruits, and eating fruits was clearly beneficial because fruits are nutrient dense (besides, also being instant energy).

In any case its not even clear we have that strong a preference for sweets – practically no cuisine serves sweet dishes as a part of the main course, only desserts tend to be sweet.

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