Is eating carrots the same as eating sugar?
Question: "I have read that baby carrots are like eating 1-2 tablespoons of sugar. Do you agree with this?" I don't agree that carrots are just like sugar at all. White sugar has gone through a chemical process that often goes like this: sugar cane > cane juice > brown sugar > white sugar There are four different phases that the plant goes through. Sometimes there are three phases, and sometimes brown sugar is actually white sugar with molasses added. Regardless of which refinement process was used, the end product is refined, and the beginning product is a whole food. The first phase, "sugar cane", is natural and normal. It is also delicious just as it is. The vast majority of plants are edible and okay for human consumption before refinement, while they're still a whole food. Compare these two refinement processes... sugar cane > cane juice > brown sugar > white sugar poppy flowers > poppy juice > opium > heroin ...