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a scoop of sugar (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by sexy_peach@feddit.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also: "No diet I've ever tried works!"

[–] qisope@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

spits out tooth

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here's the scary part

If we are talking a 1 liter bottle of water it's less sugar than in most lemonades and sodas.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Those aren't fit for human consumption either tho

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same energy

(apologies for linking to a YouTube short)

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

always wondered of the nutritional value of these, left out by people with good intentions, but probably doing more harm than good with those empty calories

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My understanding is sugar water is fine for hummingbirds, but the red dye often added to it is not.

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

You are correct. If you feed hummingbirds, dissolve a 1:4 ratio of sugar to water in summer (so 1 cup sugar to four cups water) or a 1:3 ratio in winter for extra calories/energy. Don't use the bottled red stuff, it's bad for them :)

[–] boCash@lemmy.blugatch.tube 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hummingbirds need all the calories they can get. Their calorie requirements per mass are somewhere in the realm of 50x greater than a human's.

[+] expatriado@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i am aware, but sugar water in 100% calories and no protein, essential fats, vitamins or minerals, whatsoever

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

They get those from little bugs they catch in flight, as well as nectar and pollen from whatever flowers they can find blooming. That's why you should also have some native blooming plants if possible. The feeder should never be their only source of food, but like it says about nectar in this article about bees, it can provide the extra energy to get to the next nutritious food source.

https://baynature.org/article/whats-the-secret-of-nectar/#:~:text=Generally%2C%20nectar%20is%20composed%20mostly,plant%20absorbs%20the%20unused%20nectar.

Adding anything more nutritious to the sugar water than plain white cane sugar would make it an excellent food for harmful bacteria and other microbes.

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Biology is different for lots of different creatures. Just because we need certain things in our diet doesn't mean birds need those same things in the same quantities from the same sources. We are, after all, quite different from birds.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Kind of disgusting

[–] TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago