If your already eating a 500 calorie thing does it matter for weight gain if it !


Question: If your already eating a 500 calorie thing does it matter for weight gain if it has a lot of added sugar?
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500 Calories is 500 Calories. Sugar is one of three kinds of carbohydrate: starch, fiber and sugar. Sugar is found only in foods of plant origin. In food, sugar is classified as either naturally occurring or added. Naturally occurring sugars include lactose in milk, fructose in fruit, honey and vegetables and maltose in beer. Added sugars originate from corn, beets, grapes, and sugar cane, which are processed before being added to foods. The body cannot tell the difference between naturally occurring and added sugars because they are identical chemically. Although, food sources of naturally occurring sugars also provide vitamins and minerals, while foods containing added sugars provide mainly calories and very few vitamins and minerals. For this reason, the calories in added sugar are called "empty calories." Added sugar, which does not contain vitamins and minerals, displaces nutritious food in the diet. The problem is sugar promote overeating because of its stimulating taste. So, don't punish yourself by eating too much sugar which will leave you feeling hungry,so try to eat less sugar.

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Yes, too much sugar will give you a sugar spike(sudden increase) in your blood and your body will try to fix it, which will give you a sugar crash(sudden decrease) and will make you hungry again. You need to eat complex carbohydrates instead of simple sugars which won't keep you full.



Extra sugar? Over and above 500 calories? Yes. Extra sugar included in the 500 calories? No.

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sugar adds calories




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