5 FACTS ABOUT SUGAR

A quick guide through the maze marked ‘sweet stuff’

➔ Sugar has become something of a bogeyman in recent years. A cheap source of energy, it’s found its way into increasing amounts of preprepared and processed foods, with overconsumption of it causing dental problems, obesity, as well as type 2 diabetes in nearly four million Brits. And yet if you ride a bike, sugar plays an important role in your diet, Here’s how it works and how to use it the right way… 1 SUGAR PROVIDES ENERGY As well as being the generic name for the sweet-tasting stuff that gets spooned into tea, all carbohydrates are actually made up of chains of various ‘sugar’ molecules. These chains are broken down in the body after digestion to release individual sugars, which can then be used as an effective fuel by…

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Bikes Etc (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2019

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