Luma Soda

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(Shane Jones) #1

Are Luma sodas ketogenic? They only have 6 carbs per can but 3 of them are from Juice and Honey. I don’t think they are but my friend does can anyone weigh in on why they would be or would not be one way or the other?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

I have heard respected experts say that, as long as you stay under your carb limit, even sugar is okay, but Dr. Lustig’s lecture on “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” makes it sound that the fructose half of the sugar molecule is particularly dangerous to our metabolism. Furthermore, sugar in liquid form allows all the glucose and fructose to hit your body at once and overwhelm the metabolic pathways.

For this reason, Dr. Lustig advises eliminating juice entirely and sticking with whole fruit, since the accompanying fiber will slow down the absoption of the glucose and fructose to a rate the liver can handle without ill effects.