• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    There is something inherently wrong with them. It’s liquefied nutrition that’s been designed to create an addiction and provide nothing but calories. It’s marketed as a companion to meals, or as sports drinks, or as a convenient “pick me up”. It’s marketed to children, to poor people without alternatives. They are inherently predatory and harmful to your health.

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      Consuming sucrose or fructose also results in fat being generated in the liver. It’s like alcohol and less than ideal.