It sounds like you are a disciple of Fed Up. I've got a question if you don't mind. If sugar is turned to fat the moment is it digested, how does these impede weight loss?  If someone is eating at a caloric deficit the goal is to use stored fat for energy instead of food. Hypothetical time! Consider someone who is eating at calorie deficit, but half the food comes from sugar. The sugar half gets turned to fat and the other half gets burned for energy. This person. Is now left with an even bigger deficit... so the body would go to the stored fat for energy to make up the difference. Or am I missing something?