Comment by reliablereason a day ago
You say sugar, but are you referring to glucose or fructose?
There is a meaningful amount of scientific literature connecting fructose and inflammation.
The AVERAGE human can only digest about 30g of fructose a day. Some substantially more, some substantially less.
A can of soda or three apples is about 30g of fructose.
Inflammation (high- and low grade)then being a second step linking to anxiety.
I have heard people say that eating fibers together with fructose(like when eating a apple) reduces the impact of fructose, as fibers create a lining on the gut wall reducing the absorption rate.
Sounds reasonable. But i have had a hard time finding evidence verifying that hypotesis.
I think you have to look for "glycemic index" and learn about its mechanisms, which in your defense is not an obvious term to search for.
Athletes consume 50g of fructose (and 50g of glucose) per hour. It's actually fairly easy to train yourself to this level.
> Athletes consume 50g of fructose (and 50g of glucose) per hour
...while actively competing in endurance events. They don't do this while sitting on the couch in the evening. And it's very specifically only endurance trained athletes who do this, sprinters would never need to consume that much sugar.
It's a valid point though, a sugary snack or sports drink directly before hitting the gym for a hard workout session is probably fine, as long as your blood wasn't already saturated with glucose from earlier sugary foods, and as long as you don't have insulin resistance.
I am talking about the sugar in sweets. My daily apple does not appear to heighten my anxiety.