在過去很長的一段時間里，人們都認為吃糖是引起肥胖、多動、糖尿病、心腦血管疾病等的萬惡之源，這使得很多人愛吃糖又不敢吃，或者選擇添加人工甜味劑的無糖飲料。事實上，糖并不像你想的那么有害，今天我們就來給糖“洗刷冤屈”。

While eating too much sugar is directly associated with obesity and a host of heart and liver-related problems, there are plenty of myths out there with a host of misinformation that oftentimes makes eating even moderate amounts of sugar sound worse than it is. After all, we do need sugar to live.
盡管吃糖太多和肥胖以及一系列心臟和肝臟疾病直接相關，但關于糖還是有很多訛傳，往往使得適量吃糖聽上去比實際上更糟。說到底，沒有糖怎么活？

"We all need sugar — it's the basic building block of what runs our bodies, and, in fact, it's necessary," Dr. Jennifer Haythe, a cardiologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York said.
“我們都需要糖——它是我們身體運轉的基本組成部分，事實上，是必不可少的部分，”紐約哥倫比亞長老會醫院的心臟病科醫師珍妮佛?海耶斯博士說。

Keep scrolling to discover the truth behind some of the most common myths about sugar.
來看看下面這些關于糖的真相，幫你破除對糖的常見誤解。

MYTH: Some types of sugar are better for you than others
誤解：有些糖比其他糖更有益健康

FACT: All "types" of sugar have the same effect on your body.
事實：所有種類的糖對身體的影響都一樣。

"There’s this idea that there are different types of sugar, but that’s a myth," Dr. Haythe said. "Brown sugar, white sugar, honey... they are all ultimately broken down into the same thing: glucose. All forms of sugar are carbohydrates that can be used as glucose."
海耶斯博士說：“有人認為，世界上有不同種類的糖，這是一個誤解。紅糖、白糖、蜂蜜……最終成分都是同一種東西——葡萄糖。各種形式的糖都是可分解成葡萄糖被吸收的碳水化合物。”