[throwaway91111]

Well, the main benefit to sugar is that it metabolizes quickly.

[emodendroket]

How is that a benefit to someone living in the modern industrialized world, though?

[wavefunction]

I think it would be best considered as having limited utility, but folks who need a quick sugar boost like diabetics and endurance athletes can take advantage of sugar's characteristics.

[snovv_crash]

They can take advantage of glucose. Fructose still needs to processed by the liver, similarly to alcohol.

[collyw]

Not everyone in the west is a fattie. I am pretty skinny and wanted to gain some weight fairly rapidly a few years ago, so sat with a 2L bottle of soft drink beside my desk at work every day for a couple of weeks. It worked a lot better than my previous attempts of just "eating more".

[emodendroket]

Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese though. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...

[throwaway91111]

I find it useful at breakfast or when i need a quick energy boost an hour or so before "real" food.

[zhte415]

When you need to run for the bus