A Washington Post column argues sugar isn’t uniquely harmful compared to other carbs — the real issue is it crowding out healthier foods from people’s diets.
Sugar’s reputation as public health enemy number one might be a bit overblown, according to a new column in The Washington Post.
Food writer Tamar Haspel argues that while sugar packs in empty calories, there’s little solid evidence it’s uniquely worse than other carbs or that it singlehandedly wrecks metabolism. The real issue, she says, is what sugar pushes out of the diet — when sugary foods replace nutrient-rich options, balanced eating gets a lot harder.
In a world battling rising obesity, that displacement effect — not sugar itself — is the bigger concern, Haspel writes.
Her takeaway isn’t a green light to eat more sugar, but a nudge to stop blaming one ingredient and focus on overall diet quality instead, per The Washington Post.
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