Why do people have to avoid sugar?

[Whoops]

When people setup a diet-scheme, they always say to avoid sugar, why, does sugar affect your muscles or something?

 

[Cuts]

"Sugar" generally refers to the high-GI (glycemic index) varities. These may not so much affect your muscles, but they will impair fat loss by entering the blood stream to rapidly, and thereby causing huge insulin surges.

Too much insulin all at once = fat gain or no fat loss

 

[_jaap_]

arnold quote "sugar is white death"

 

[anthrax]

arnold quote "sugar is white death"

I thought it was "white bread is white death"...

BTW "both dextrose and white bread are white death"
Anthrax © - 2002

 

[_jaap_]

i think he said that in relation to american youth drink so much pop. Anyway im an ignorant euro so i have the right to misquote american stars (to bad he's austrian hole in my defence anyway )

BTW "both dextrose and white bread are white death"
Anthrax © - 2002

there goes my post workout shake

 

[rdhdfmn]

Dextrose?

I thought dextrose was ok post workout? RD

 

[Vageta]

Any carb besides fructose is ok post workout. You want to boost insulin post workout so dextrose, maltodextrin and even white bread would be great.

 

[110%]

"Sugar" generally refers to the high-GI (glycemic index) varities. These may not so much affect your muscles, but they will impair fat loss by entering the blood stream to rapidly, and thereby causing huge insulin surges.

Too much insulin all at once = fat gain or no fat loss

this is true, but it also can affect your muscle gain/loss. a high gi carb will be shuttled quickly to either glycogen stores/adipose tissue/or liver glycogen due to its quick absorption rate and high insulin spike, a lower gi will have a longer relase of glucose in the blood stream to be used by your body for energy. with a high gi carb less glucose will be in your bloodstream, and you could burn muscle according to your activity level.

 

[Cuts]

arnold quote "sugar is white death"

Here's a couple favs:

"Milk is for babies"

"I'm detective John Kimble!"

"Who is your daddy, and what does he do?"

LOLOLOL

 

[Whoops]

thanks for the great info guys