不敢吃糖？科学家揭示人们对糖的8个误解

在过去很长的一段时间里，人们都认为吃糖是引起肥胖、多动、糖尿病、心脑血管疾病等的万恶之源，这使得很多人爱吃糖又不敢吃，或者选择添加人工甜味剂的无糖饮料。事实上，糖并不像你想的那么有害，今天我们就来给糖“洗刷冤屈”。

While eating too much sugar is directly associated with obesity and a host of heart and liver-related problems, there are plenty of myths out there with a host of misinformation that oftentimes makes eating even moderate amounts of sugar sound worse than it is. After all, we do need sugar to live.
尽管吃糖太多和肥胖以及一系列心脏和肝脏疾病直接相关，但关于糖还是有很多讹传，往往使得适量吃糖听上去比实际上更糟。说到底，没有糖怎么活？

"We all need sugar — it's the basic building block of what runs our bodies, and, in fact, it's necessary," Dr. Jennifer Haythe, a cardiologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York said.
“我们都需要糖——它是我们身体运转的基本组成部分，事实上，是必不可少的部分，”纽约哥伦比亚长老会医院的心脏病科医师珍妮佛•海耶斯博士说。

Keep scrolling to discover the truth behind some of the most common myths about sugar.
来看看下面这些关于糖的真相，帮你破除对糖的常见误解。

MYTH: Some types of sugar are better for you than others
误解：有些糖比其他糖更有益健康

FACT: All "types" of sugar have the same effect on your body.
事实：所有种类的糖对身体的影响都一样。

"There’s this idea that there are different types of sugar, but that’s a myth," Dr. Haythe said. "Brown sugar, white sugar, honey... they are all ultimately broken down into the same thing: glucose. All forms of sugar are carbohydrates that can be used as glucose."
海耶斯博士说：“有人认为，世界上有不同种类的糖，这是一个误解。红糖、白糖、蜂蜜……最终成分都是同一种东西——葡萄糖。各种形式的糖都是可分解成葡萄糖被吸收的碳水化合物。”