Sweet Tooth

[Adam_Lee]

I have been using Jake Light for about 3 months... I drink Light because even though I'm a very tall guy, I don't eat much. I find I have to use only half a packet for one shake or it's way too thick and gloopy and I'm surprised I don't see more people saying this.

Anyway... to my actual point!
I have a very sweet tooth so have to add 2 teaspoons of sugar to every shake I make; that's 4 teaspoons to every packet. I'm aware the Light has less sugar than the Original but does the original actually taste any sweeter? If so, I'll go with that one next time.

Thanks for your help in advanced guys!

Adam

[Mat_Phillips]

That's a lot of sugar!
Just stop doing that, there's no need for it and no benefit. You only do it because your body is trained to think it likes it. Give up the sugar and you will get used to it after a short time.

As for thickness, I actually mix the full packet with less water than recommended to make it even thicker

[Frero1]

I also do this lol. Get a lot of hate comments about it. But just like it with more sugar, and yeh it's not super healthy, but Jake is, so I dont care.

In any case, my advice, try Sports. Its way more sugary than Original and Light. The Banana and Forest Fruit flavour with Sports is sweet enough for me. I can resist to not add anymore sugar to it.

[Beat_Erne]

this has nothing to do with hate. i just want to mention that sugar is highly addictive more so than cocain and it interferes with your dopamine thats why many people use it to regulate their emotions... feel bad eat your candy of choice.... right. in the sports version of jake you find maltodextrose, that should be bigger chains of synthetic dextrose (startch) and dextrose that should be synthetic monoglycose. glucose can be processt anywhere in the body. the sugar you have in you kitchen is made of 50%glucose and 50%fructose. fructose has to be processed in the liver but the liver can only process so much... if you consume too much fructose your liver will convert it to fat and store it. alcohol gets processed the same way in your body bouth fructose and alcohol can lead to liver damage and build up visceral fat (beerbelly). sport is a better way to regulate emotions it makes you feel better and makes you look dope! (im not a doctor(they usually dont have a clue about nutrition...)or nutritionist but i highly belive in this to be true. please correct me if i am wrong some where. i wrot this whit the best intetion)

[Patrick]

@Beat_Erne I wonder if that doesn't tell us more about cocaine than about sugar.

@Adam_Lee I think Original is a tad bit sweeter than Light, but you can always ask them for a sample.

[Reva]

@Mat_Phillips I see your point, but why so much hate on sugar? 2 lump of sugar are exactly 32 calorie. If you put 2 lump in your early morning coffee (i do that for example) or in your Jake dosn't matters much. Not everyone drinks 2 or more Jake Shakes per day. I drink one light in the early morning and at work a coffee with 2 sugar and some sweet cakes. So you argument makes absolutly no sense at all. Yeah sugar is bad for your health, but it depents how much you consume.

[Mat_Phillips]

I'm not sure I follow your thought here.
You mention that you put sugar in your Jake, and that it only contains 32 calories, and then conclude that my argument makes no sense.

I stated that there was no benefit from adding the sugar. I see nothing in the counter of "I like it" that refutes this.

If you like sugar in everything, that's fine; you don't need to defend your position by attacking mine. If you dropped those extra sugars from your drinks - would you be less healthy?

[Reva]

@Mat_Phillips ( If you dropped those extra sugars from your drinks - would you be less healthy?)
No, but threre is also no difference by adding "just" 2 lumb of sugar. Yeah there is no benefit, but should there be a benefit? I also think no. Your not just eating because of benefits. You also eat because of emotional feelings and experience. Eating should be fun and no obligation. Some people adding milk or cinnamon powder, so far i saw. If they like the taste through it, why not.
My point is that the argument of adding 2 sugar and how badly and unhealthly sugar is, is pointless and no posting worth, benefits or not. Yeah you need to be carefull but it would be more alarming if he would add 16+ lumbs of sugar (like coca cola) to the Shake.