[adamnemecek]

> I'm pretty sure it all feeds into the same system

The system being? The digestive tract? What exactly does that imply that it feeds to the same system?

> Fruit smoothies are probably about as bad as soda

Well don't make fruit smoothies then but eat the fruit as is.

> I'm at a point where a bit of heavy starch (bread, pasta) throws me off for a couple days.

I mean starches are pretty bad for your body so it's probably trying to tell you something.

[tracker1]

The system being what happens when your body processes sugars. Sugar by itself isn't too different from what your body easily converts into sugars (that being all carbs besides fiber), and glycemic index/load values for foods vary a lot.

My point is that what is advertised, subsidized and promoted by the government is lopsided from what's really ideal. The food industry is both part of the problem and responding to consumer demand. As to my body telling me something, that's another point.... That being that not everyone notices or feels the affect as significantly even though it's there.

It's not just sugar, it having too much starch/grains in our diet as well... mostly the heavily refined foods. People are also mislead into believing that some things are healthier when they really aren't... fruit snacks, smoothies, etc are just about as bad as the sugary stuff, or worse if you consider the deceptive marketing.

I don't think we should, as a society, ban any given food, but the marketing allowed, and the information distributed in education really needs to change.