Prospective association between added sugars and frailty in older adults

(Todd Allen) #1

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/107/5/772/4964950

excerpt from CONCLUSIONS:
The consumption of added sugars in the diet of older people was associated with frailty, mainly when present in processed foods.

excerpt from RESULTS:
Compared with participants consuming <15 g/d added sugars (lowest tertile), those consuming ≥36 g/d (highest tertile) were more likely to develop frailty (OR: 2.27; 95% CI: 1.34, 3.90; P-trend = 0.003). The frailty components “low physical activity” and “unintentional weight loss” increased dose dependently with added sugars. Association with frailty was strongest for sugars added during food production. Intake of sugars naturally appearing in foods was not associated with frailty.

(Rob) #2

You have to take your hat off to sugar… it can F you up in so many ways… :exploding_head::crazy_face:

(Bunny) #3

If you give a lab mouse a choice between refined sugar and cocaine, it will choose to ignore the cocaine and go after the refined sugar over the cocaine!

Even the euphoria produced by cocaine is no match for refined sugar!

(Todd Allen) #4

I see this as a bit more evidence that if one is going to “cheat” they are better off overdosing on something like home made salsa of peppers, tomatoes, and onions versus getting their sugar fix from cola and twinkies.