Fun Factoid - Carbs Keep You Alive: Without healthy amounts of carbohydrates from plant-based foods, fruits, vegetables, nuts, sprouts, seeds, herbs, and roots, we’d die. As in dead. Carbohydrates from unrefined, unprocessed, pure sources are the body’s first and most critical macronutrient.
When people flip the script with medical gimmicks like the keto diet, the clock starts ticking. You can only run on that fuel for so long before the side effects catch up: acidosis, vitamin deficiencies, low antioxidants, and a whole mess of imbalances.
Good Sugar vs. Bad Sugar: “Good sugar” (not the brand) is the natural carbohydrate found in plants. It fuels life. “Bad sugar” is the junk, unnatural sweeteners, refined and processed until they’re heated, dehydrated, demineralized, de-vitalized, and concentrated into sugar bombs.
Those bombs wreak havoc even in healthy chemistry: addiction, mood swings, anxiety, cravings, blood sugar spikes, insulin resistance, the list goes on.
goodsugar - The Name Says It All: goodsugar is a plant-based restaurant in the heart of New York City, founded by the creator of Juice Press. Our mission is simple: promote a healthier lifestyle by drawing the line between sugars that heal and sugars that harm.
At goodsugar, “good sugar” means the natural carbohydrates in fruits and vegetables, the fuel nature intended. “Bad sugar” is the processed, refined crap, heated, stripped, concentrated, that wrecks your chemistry and drives addiction, cravings, mood swings, and worse.
Let’s Get Real About Sugar
If you’re already sold on this, stop reading, we’re now just picking fights with the naysayers. Remember, there are quacks spewing diet nonsense and plenty of PhDs and “experts” who still don’t get it. Degrees don’t equal wisdom. Many practice wrong, and we’re here to call out both sides. Proof? Relax. This is entertainment. No citations, no peer review—just common sense and a lot of truth.
Here’s the real story: people started freaking out about fruit and starchy veggies because of their sugar content. Why? Because the food industry hooked everyone on refined garbage, and then the medical industry shouted “avoid sugar.” Problem is, that message got twisted. It wasn’t “avoid fruit,” it was “avoid processed sugar.” Big difference.
Fast-forward to today, and the myth still lingers: all sugar is bad. That’s dead wrong. Humans are carbohydrate-burning machines. Good sugar from fruits and veggies is literally what keeps you alive. There’s no hospital ward filled with banana addicts. No treatment center for people who OD’d on apples.
If you’re pre-diabetic or diabetic, the first fix isn’t cutting fruit, it’s cutting crap. Dump processed food. Slash the animal protein. Move your body. Rest. You’ll likely see blood sugar balance itself out. Even type 2 diabetics who rely on insulin can reduce their dependency by cleaning up their diet.
And here’s the kicker: starving yourself of good sugar doesn’t kill cancer, it starves your healthy cells, giving cancer cells the upper hand. They grab whatever sugar’s floating around and multiply while your good cells weaken.
So yes, eat fruit. Eat starchy vegetables. Eat them in balance. Don’t go off the rails with 35 bananas in a day, but don’t fear the very thing designed to fuel your cells.
For the six-pack chasers and tight-thigh dreamers: you don’t need steak and protein powders to build muscle. You need calories, movement, and consistency. Elite athletes don’t fuel on Red Bull and filet mignon, they fuel on fruit. And if it works for them, it’ll work for you.
Bottom line: Stop fearing the wrong sugar. Cut the garbage, embrace the good, and watch your body thank you.
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