Meryl Horn

How bad is it really?

This is Meryl Horne, and with me is senior producer Rose Rimler.

Hi, Meryl.

Hey, Rose.

So you're often the one that covers nutrition topics on our show.

Are you like a little mad at me for getting in your lane?

No, I don't want to do this.

No?

Why don't you want to find out about the science of sugar?

Well, I have some good news for you right off the bat.

Can I keep my fruit?

Yes, fruit is totally okay.

Yay!

That's one thing that some of the sugar haters get wrong is that sugar overall is not poison because we know fruit does have a lot of sugar in it, but it's also one of the healthiest foods you can eat.

Yeah, the fiber especially.

There's a lot of like good stuff in fruit, which makes it healthy to eat overall.

So one huge review found that eating more fruit is linked to a lower risk of getting heart disease, some types of cancer, type 2 diabetes.

So that's one reason why sugar is not just terrible for us overall.

And another one is that we know that whenever we eat stuff with sugar in it, our bodies do use some of that for energy, right?

It's this like quick source of energy.