雙語：不敢吃糖？科學家揭示人們對糖的8個誤解

在過去很長的一段時間里，人們都認為吃糖是引起肥胖、多動、糖尿病、心腦血管疾病等的萬惡之源，這使得很多人愛吃糖又不敢吃，或者選擇添加人工甜味劑的無糖飲料。事實上，糖并不像你想的那么有害，今天我們就來給糖“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.

盡管吃糖太多和肥胖以及一系列心臟和肝臟疾病直接相關(guān)，但關(guān)于糖還是有很多訛傳，往往使得適量吃糖聽上去比實際上更糟。說到底，沒有糖怎么活？

\"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.

“我們都需要糖——它是我們身體運轉(zhuǎn)的基本組成部分，事實上，是必不可少的部分，”紐約哥倫比亞長老會醫(yī)院的心臟病科醫(yī)師珍妮佛·海耶斯博士說。

Keep scrolling to discover the truth behind some of the most common myths about sugar.

來看看下面這些關(guān)于糖的真相，幫你破除對糖的常見誤解。

MYTH： Some types of sugar are better for you than others

誤解：有些糖比其他糖更有益健康

FACT： All \"types\" of sugar have the same effect on your body.

事實：所有種類的糖對身體的影響都一樣。

\"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.\"

海耶斯博士說：“有人認為，世界上有不同種類的糖，這是一個誤解。紅糖、白糖、蜂蜜……最終成分都是同一種東西——葡萄糖。各種形式的糖都是可分解成葡萄糖被吸收的碳水化合物?！?/p>

（中國日報）