What do the Clean, Low, Watch and Swap levels mean?

They are cut from a continuous concern level the app computes from the sourced claims that the chosen evidence lens shows: each claim counts its concern class, tier weight, confidence and dose relevance, combined worst-first with a decay so one serious finding outweighs many small ones, then scaled by how much of the substance reaches you in this use. Clean is below 0.35, Low below 1.1, Watch below 2.0 and Swap above that, on a 0 to 3 scale.

Is Sugar safe in food and drink?

Q: Is sugar safe in food and drink?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, sugar in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. 3 sourced concerns count (endocrine, consensus tier; metabolic, consensus tier; metabolic, consensus tier). This is research with sources, not medical advice.

1 use researched3 sourced claims

Detox My Life researched sugar under one use, because the same substance means something different in each use. Every claim below carries its evidence tier, how sure the research is that it applies here, and the sources it cites. The level is computed by the app's own deterministic engine, so the page says exactly what the app would.

Level by use and lens

Use	Mainstream	Cautious (default)	Based	Concerns · favour · fringe
Eaten or drunk	Swap	Swap	Swap	3 · 0

Mainstream shows consensus claims only; Cautious adds emerging research; Based adds fringe claims, labelled as such. The last column counts, under Cautious, the sourced concerns, the findings in its favour and the fringe claims Based would add.

Safer swaps: the app's swap catalog has no entry tied to this ingredient yet. When you scan a product that contains it, the app suggests cleaner alternative types for that product; the swap categories list what the catalog covers today.

Eaten or drunk Swap

Under the default Cautious lens sugar in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Swap; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Swap. Researched 2026-09-04.

Sourced concerns (3)

ConsensusEndocrineconfidence 100%

Excess consumption of added sugars is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

Why here: Ingestion of added sugars can lead to insulin resistance and impaired glucose metabolism, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes.
What would have to be true: High intake of added sugars, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages.

Sources the engine cites:

Get the Facts: Added Sugars | Nutrition - CDC — cdc.gov (2024) · regulator or public body
Cost-Effectiveness of the U.S. FDA Added Sugar Labeling Policy for Improving Diet and Health - PMC — nih.gov (2022) · regulator or public body
Management of type 2 diabetes: consensus of diabetes organizations - PMC — nih.gov (2020) · regulator or public body
New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting. New recommendations include specific drug classes for some patients and enhancing medication adherence - Diabetologia — diabetologia-journal.org (2018) · review
1 community or commercial page, not counted here.

ConsensusMetabolicconfidence 100%

High intake of free sugars is linked to an increased risk of overweight and obesity.

Why here: Ingestion of excessive free sugars contributes to increased caloric intake and can lead to weight gain and obesity.
What would have to be true: Above 10% of total daily energy intake, with a further reduction to below 5% for additional health benefits.

Sources the engine cites:

WHO Guidelines: Sugars Intake for Adults and Children — complementaryfeedingcollective.org (2015) · regulator or public body
WHO Sugar Recommendations - AGES — ages.at (2026) · regulator or public body
Get the Facts: Added Sugars | Nutrition - CDC — cdc.gov (2024) · regulator or public body

ConsensusMetabolicconfidence 100%

High consumption of added sugars is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke.

Why here: Ingestion of added sugars can contribute to higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, and fatty liver disease, all of which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
What would have to be true: Higher amounts of added sugars, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

5 web articles (henryford.com, frontiersin.org, harvard.edu, …), linked in the app.
1 community or commercial page, not counted here.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for sugar when cooked with heat, in cold food, as a finishing ingredient, in heated food packaging or other uses. The app researches an ingredient for the use it infers from your product, so a scan fills these in; this page only shows what has already been researched and source-verified.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

Scan your own. The app reads any product label with your camera, works out how you are about to use it, and researches every ingredient for that use with live sources. Every scan adds to a Detox Score for your home, where 50 is a typical home in your region, and a plan of next swaps.

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