I usually eat like tons of sweets in a day and drink a lot of soft drinks usually. I know i am just asking for diabetes =P

Already got it here, but I just saw my doctor yesterday and I've lost 8 pounds since my last visit.

I really don't have sweets, thought I do drink diet soft-drinks, but there was also something I saw on 60 minutes, or one of those shows about cola and how it increases the chances of getting diabetes, as it's a giant rush of sugar, and your pancreas (Insulin-making organ) wears out over time.

Anyway.. ermm.. Well, if you're sitting there eating a bag of sugar, you've obviously got problems.

lol, well i would eat alot of sugars if i could afford it, car payment, apt payment, insurance only got enough money left for needs. Back to the thread i think that may be normal, guess it matters how old you are.

I like sweet stuff, but I try to avoid too much of it. So cola increases chances for diabetes... hmm, but I still love Pepsi.
I don't know how much sugar is considered normal. If you are unsure, then try to lower your sugar intake. Yeah, that might be hard to do.

Most normal sugar intake is based on your age, weight/height and daily activities. If you are truely worried about the amount of sugar intake. Take the other factors into consideration. Also, may want to ask your family doctor.

You can usually eat as much sugar as you want as long as it's not refined. The problem is nobody wants to eat anything but refined sugars Just try to get rid of refined sugar from your diet for just one week (anything that has been made by man and not from the ground). And just replace it with natural sugars. If you actually do this right. .. having refined sugars will actually discust you after you try it again and you will drastically eat less. The sugar may even make you sick since you let your body get cleansed. and start to put more bad stuff in it.

I've never heard about this before, can you explain/give a link to what the differences are to these two subjects?

In our nutrition sugar is about 35%. Almost everything what we eat there is a sugar. In fruts and vegetables, in bread and corns, in milk and milksproducts etc.. The sugar is necessary in our nutrition, and it isn't so mush in relation with diabetes than obesitas.

I'm not sure if everyone understands what a sugar is. Sugar's are carbohydrates; carbohydrates are sugars. There is no difference between the two....however "sugar" usually referes to the broken down monosaccharaide glucose. As already stated, this is the "refined sugar". Basically, it has been broken down (a process your body usually does for you) so it can go directly to your blood - terrible for your body (and very addicting).

Also, remember that cellulose is also a sugar. So, you could go out and eat the trunk of a tree and be consuming mostly sugar, but it would most certainly not taste sweet (nor would your body be capable to break the cellulose into gluscose with boiling it before consuming - every wonder why celery gets soft when you cook it?)