It wouldn’t make sense to change one half of the system without the other. If you don’t think it is worth distinguishing sugar from other things with a high glycemic index, you should probably then have a higher limit for this combined category. I don’t think it generally makes sense to put kids on a ketogenic diet for no reason.
Additionally, aren’t there reasons other than glycemic index to avoid sugar?
The source makes explicit reference to refined starches:
c All foods are assumed to be in nutrient-dense forms; lean or low-fat and prepared with minimal added sugars; refined starches, saturated fat, or
sodium
Though to be clear, I do not endorse the ‘system’ as proposed. I do not believe that it adequately reflects nuance in health effects of food consumption, nor do I believe it accurately represents modern food health science (where are their sources?).
For example, the hard-line stance against saturated fats is questionable [1] [2] [3]. Not explicitly mentioning glycemic index is another obvious failure, for which I assume ‘added sugar’ is a proxy.
There are gut-microbiome differences across carbohydrates with similar GI [4], but I do not have enough information to recommend one sugar over another.
It wouldn’t make sense to change one half of the system without the other. If you don’t think it is worth distinguishing sugar from other things with a high glycemic index, you should probably then have a higher limit for this combined category. I don’t think it generally makes sense to put kids on a ketogenic diet for no reason.
Additionally, aren’t there reasons other than glycemic index to avoid sugar?
The source makes explicit reference to refined starches:
Though to be clear, I do not endorse the ‘system’ as proposed. I do not believe that it adequately reflects nuance in health effects of food consumption, nor do I believe it accurately represents modern food health science (where are their sources?).
For example, the hard-line stance against saturated fats is questionable [1] [2] [3]. Not explicitly mentioning glycemic index is another obvious failure, for which I assume ‘added sugar’ is a proxy.
There are gut-microbiome differences across carbohydrates with similar GI [4], but I do not have enough information to recommend one sugar over another.