The intrinsic sugar in fresh berries with fiber are different than free sugars. Excess sugar is problematic for several reasons, chiefly chronic metabolic and cardiovascular diseases [1]. The more well known among them is insulin resistance. Insulin is an essential hormone for metabolism; without insulin you die (as in the case of type 1 diabetes). The pancreas pumps insulin to get the cells to absorb blood sugar, but if cells don’t respond to the insulin properly (“resistant”), the pancreas keep pumping insulin and eventually cannot keep up resulting in high blood sugar that damages your body [2]. That’s why one should avoid spiking blood sugar. Like many physiological systems sugar triggers a homeostatic response, so the body “expects” a level of sugar consumption once it gets used to it. This is also why artificial sweeteners are problematic: they don’t reduce the dependency on sugar and moreover they disrupt the blood-sugar response whereby you don’t get the same satiety from carbohydrates, etc. [3]. But it’s not all doom and gloom, exercise increases your insulin sensitivity and reducing your sugar intake will almost always result in weight loss [2]. Reducing sugar intake also reduces your sugar dependency but can take a few months.

1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10074550/
2. Interview with Prof. Jim Mann https://www.foodweneedtotalk.com/episodes/s02e22
3. Interview with Prof. Jotham Suez https://www.foodweneedtotalk.com/episodes/s4e1

I usually have to double or triple bag them because of how easily they tear, especially for wet bags.

In Connecticut, towns started outlawing plastic bags but in Michigan it’s not possible to pass town-specific laws like that according to a manager at the local recycling plant.

They killed someone in the UK. McDonald’s literally just killed someone with bad quarter pounders.

To add context, the CDC announced the cause to be the yellow onions [1] in the quarter pounders; McDonalds stopped serving onions in their quarter pounders and stopped sourcing onions from that supplier facility “indefinitely” (Taylor Farms in Colorado Springs) [2].

1. https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O157.html
2. https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/always-putting-food-safety-first.html

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Do you mean bicycle or motorcycle? What do you find yourself spending most of your bike money on? Most of my bicycle maintenance is for brake pads and the occasional replacement chain; not as many replacing tire tubes after getting nicer tires. Although I haven’t been able to enjoy mine lately after putting on weight and 4 seats I’ve tried still make my butt numb after 20 minutes.

Fake post? I see no new posts since January 9: https://x.com/SouthwestAir