Posted on 08/11/2010 5:18:25 AM PDT by libh8er
“Both the authors and the press need to retract these alarmist and unsupported claims — especially the authors, since such gross over-interpretation of a lab study is inexcusable among academic scientists. They seem to be grasping for headlines and promoting some anti-fructose political agenda.”
Gilbert Ross, M.D., Executive Director and Medical Director of the American Council on Science and Health August 4, 2010, HealthFactsAndFears.com
WASHINGTON, DC – A study published in the August issue of Cancer Research1 has resulted in several premature and potentially misleading conclusions when it comes to fructose and its effect on pancreatic tumor cells. Unfortunately, the media covering this story, and even the authors, have been too quick to extrapolate the results of laboratory research on pure fructose to real-world conditions, which is not appropriate or helpful to consumers.
The main contribution of this paper is to demonstrate that cancer cells utilize fructose as an alternate substrate to glucose for fueling growth. Cancer cells are well known for having multiple mechanisms to escape the body’s normal controls, which makes controlled laboratory studies poor models for generating meaningful results.
This study does not look at the way fructose is actually consumed by humans, as it was conducted in a laboratory, not inside the human body. The study also narrowly compared pure fructose to pure glucose, neither of which is consumed in isolation in the human diet. Humans consume a wide array of foods that contain both fructose and glucose in combination along with many other sugars and nutrients. Most notably, both sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup contain roughly 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose.
The study’s authors inaccurately state that high fructose corn syrup is the most significant source of fructose in the diet, whereas in the United States more fructose is still consumed from sugar than from high fructose corn syrup. Indeed, worldwide, humans consume nine times as much sucrose as they do high fructose corn syrup. Fructose is a natural, simple sugar also commonly found in fruits, vegetables, table sugar, maple syrup, and honey.
The causes of pancreatic cancer are poorly understood. To blame one component of the diet is highly speculative based on one, small study done in a Petri dish.
People should seek the advice of physicians, rather than rely on any one study, to make important decisions on medical treatment for a serious disease such as cancer.
For more information about high fructose corn syrup, please visit www.SweetSurprise.com.
It's not the "HFCS" - it's the "C". Corn is grain which is leaven. I picked that up from a Jewish co-worker who was given a box of Godiva chocolates by a grateful customer just before Passover and shared them out because she couldn't eat them till after, and they'd be stale.
Since corn is the main ingredient in HFCS that would stand to reason......
From what I've read parts of the plant are toxic to humans, but the oil itself is not. Rapeseed has been selectively bred to alter the normally bitter taste and make it more palatable to humans. Monsanto did do some genetic engineering (gene splicing) of a particular strain of Canola so that would be resistant to their herbicide "Roundup". There was a patent infringement case in Canada over it a while back. Some farmers growing non-modified rapeseed had some issues with their crops cross pollinating with the genetically modified strain. Monsanto found out about it and sued. I seem to recall Monsanto did that with one of their GM corn strains, too. One farmer won a judgment against Monsanto for the extra cost of ridding his property of the modified strain because ordinary herbicides could not be used. Otherwise, I've not seen anything about anyone else genetically modifying (as in gene splicing) rapeseed plants, but there has been significant hybridizing done. Do you have a link for this info?
“Basic food groups” — didn’t you forget CHOCOLATE?
What is a canola? That’s a contraption of two or more words in a past pluperfect purplecycle of “can” and “cola”. Canola. How it gets turned into oil I don’t know.
Yeah, from what I can tell there was a big move to get totally away from saturated fats and those were replaced polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. Lots of controversy especially around the PUF’s as many feel they are a primary contributor to various cancers and other diseases. Seems the PUF’s oxidize easily releasing free radicals and they also affect cell wall integrity by softening the walls.
Big thread a couple days ago about coconut oil and the fact that the food nazis pretty much destroyed that product due to the high level of saturated fats. There are now many who claim that cocunut oil for multiple reasons is one of the healthiest foods there is. One particular article I read focused on its ability to very possibly prevent as well as mitigate the effects of dementia and Alzeheimers due to its medium chain triglicerides.
Also great for weight loss and it seems overall health.
“Spam is certainly is in the basic food gtoups.”
It’s in my bug-out bag along with guns, ammo, and water.
You are, of course, correct. I neglected to list it, but the cream filled Bismark had some chocolate icing on top.
I would suspect that HFCS has become predominant because it is cheaper in either the materials or mfg. process. You will likely find that sugar is a better alternative, unless there are specific health reasons to the contrary.
The healthiest and most versatile sweetener is honey. Why do you think we call our wives/hubbies “Honey”?
http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/benefits-of-honey/
The word ‘Canola’ supposedly came about because ‘rapeseed oil’ was not a very marketeable name, and they wanted to come up with something more saleable. Because the rapeseed plant had been hybridized in Canada in such a way to reduce the amount of erucic acid, they came up with the name ‘Canola’ based on the words CAnadian Oil, Low Acid.
“It’s not the “HFCS” - it’s the “C”. Corn is grain which is leaven. I picked that up from a Jewish co-worker who was given a box of Godiva chocolates by a grateful customer just before Passover and shared them out because she couldn’t eat them till after, and they’d be stale.”
I don’t think this is right. Corn is a grain, sure enough, but grain is not leaven, or leavening. What do you suppose unleavened bread is made of if it is not made from grain?
Somebody, perhaps your co-worker, doesn’t know what they are talking about.
Hank
No, I am not sure where I read about GMO in rapeseed used for Canola. GMO is mentioned in the wiki for Canola, but not many details.
The deal with Monsanto, is the consequences of PVPA licensing. That is what “Round-up Ready” is about.
We are facing a very serious crossroad in crop production due to PVPA. I believe that legislation is seriously flawed and we will wake-up to a time we cannot feed ourselves because of seed licensing and intellectual property laws. In my opinion, this is like trying to patent life itself. (humans did not create that)
The result of misleading the source, related to not derived from. Actually it is “rape” that is the Latin for turnip. CANOLA = CANadian Oilseed LA low acid.
Now that just shows a lack of imagination! Canoes and candles have to be involved somehow.
They aren't fudging. There's another formulation of HFCS used commercially today that is only 42% fructose. HFCS 55 is used primarily in beverages while HFCS 42 is used primarily in baked goods, snack foods, etc. Between them, the make up of HFCS is roughly 50/50 glucose/fructose, just like sucrose.
HFCS has replaced sucrose on a nearly one-for-one basis since the early 70's. Since sucrose and HFCS are made up of the same two chemicals (glucose/fructose), in similar proportions, you can't demonize one without also demonizing the other. Your body can't tell the difference between glucose and fructose from HFCS and glucose and fructose from sucrose, nor does it care. If you say one is "crap" then you must also say the other is "crap."
By the way, Gilbert Ross works for the American Council on Science and Health. The ACSH is not a manufacturer or supporter of HFCS. It is a conservative organization dedicated to sound science. They are the antidote for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), which is a group of Naderites who lie about products to scare people into giving up their freedoms. Any conservative worth a whit would be wise to support the ACHS.
As a part time farmer I wholeheartedly agree. This nonsense about huge seed producers like Monsanto, ADM, and Cargil being able to sue farmers not associated with their crops because the seed producer's crop accidentally cross pollinates crops they didn't intend is total BS. I grow heirloom seeds almost exclusively myself, maybe a few F1 hybrids. About the only thing I grow that isn't heirloom or an F1 is my sweet corn. I keep my receipts on that just in case.....
Yep, you are correct. I was working off of memory. The problem I have is how to harvest rapeseed on a small scale for my proposed biodiesel production. Rapeseed produces more oil per acre than just about anything besides Jatropha, but the seeds are small. Short of having someone come in an combine it for me I have yet to find a cost effective way to harvest it on a small scale.
I suspect that it is not the use of HFCS or sucrose specifically that is causing the problems like pancreatic cancer and diabetes. I suspect that it is the quantity sucrose and HFCS as an overall percentage of diet that is being consumed in these days is what is causing the problems. Sugar has gotten so cheap it is used as a filler in a lot of food items these days where you would never expect to find it. As such, sugar has become a much larger part of the typical American diet compared to say, 50 years ago. This is clearly evidenced by 60%+ of the population being considered obese now. You can't go to a grocery store these days and not see other people's carts filled with sugar in one form or another. You find sugar as a main ingredient in just about every processed food.
Britain and Mexico are experiencing the same problems we are with obesity. However, they use little HFCS in their food supply. India and China are also seeing these same problems yet they consume only a fraction of the fructose found in western diets. If people ate fewer calories, from more balanced sources, many of the problems we see today would go away. JMHO, of course.
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