Discussion Topic: Read the Clinical Insight on pages 100-102 of your textbook (4

Discussion Topic:
Read the Clinical Insight on pages 100-102 of your textbook (4th edition): “Consumption of Sugar and Fructose – Are They Harmful to Your Health?” Proper grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation are expected. You are not required to use outside sources, but it will add more substance and credibility to the ideas and opinions you express. If you do use a reference in addition to your textbook, cite it within the text and write the complete reference at the end of the post. Use APA format.
Address some of the following issues in your post:
1) Recommendations for sugar intake compared to actual intake by Americans; groups with the lowest and highest sugar intakes; speculate on reasons for high sugar intake by Americans; how do you think our sugar intake compares to that of our ancestors? Why?
2) What types of evidence support or fail to support the concept that fructose is more harmful to health than other sugars? Why can’t we assume that humans respond exactly the same way as laboratory animals with regard to various nutrients? What is the difference between correlation and causation? How does this apply in the fructose debate? What is a prospective cohort study?
3) Explain the idea that sugar sweetened beverages may be a marker for a less healthy lifestyle. What is the relationship between sugar consumption, calorie consumption, BMI, and disease risk factors?
4) What happens to carbohydrates when there is excessive intake coupled with very little physical activity?
5. If a friend wants to lose weight and asks you, “What should I do – cut down on carbohydrates or cut down on fats?”, what is your answer?