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Comment by gdw2

> the health effect would be equally detrimental.

From the article:

> High doses of rapidly digested glucose also activate insulin and other regulatory pathways...

Orange Soda (i.e. Fanta), an SSB, and Orange Juice have glycemic indexes of about 68 and 48 respectively. I assume that's a material difference in that OJ doesn't spike your insulin as abruptly and therefore is not as harmful. Thre's more to it than simply grams of sugar.

parent gdw2 1 year ago

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