spicy food and sugar

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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Hey Docs! I have 2 questions:

  1. is there any risk in eating spicy all the time? i eat my food with hot sauce 2 times per day.

  2. how much sugar is too much sugar? on avg i eat 310 carbs per day, and 80g are sugars. i dont know if sugars can be good/bad, but if it matters, my sugar comes from fruits and honey

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Paul,

Thanks for the post.

  1. Not really possible to answer in an absolute sense, as some folks will have issues tolerating spicy food with symptoms of reflux and indigestion. That said, no direct risk to any health issues otherwise in an otherwise healthy individual.

  2. No one knows, but sugar isn’t necessarily good or bad by itself.

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Thank you Jordan!
So i shouldnt really worry about 80g im guessing, if i am healthy otherwise