• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    Sugar is also acidic. Not enough to kill you, but that’s why ketoacidosis kills people. It also increases blood viscosity, making it pump harder and causing hypertension. Plus, it causes chronic inflammation, which calcifies triglycerides in your blood to form clots.

    Sugar has tons of negative effects.

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      3 hours ago

      On the flip side, you require a steady supply of glucose into your cells to live.

      Also I’m not gonna look it up to confirm but that ketoacidosis explanation sounds like a grave misunderstanding of what it is.