Posted on 05/22/2011 11:11:23 AM PDT by DannyTN
Author: Dr. Mark Hyman
Interesting.so HFCS is bad...white table sugar is ???
Thanks, Michelle.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention the study on obesity in rats.
Two groups of rats were given unlimited access to sweetened water with identical caloric content per millilitre, one group receiving water sweetened with cane sugar, the other with high fructose corn syrup. The corn syrup group became morbidly obsese, while the sugar group maintained normal weight. What is more, upon autopsy, it was found that some, at least, of the corn syrup fed rats had scarring in their livers.
This is why I drink Throwback Pepsi.
It’s true. I’ve read a number of studies over the years, and high fructose corn syrup is far worse than ordinary sugar. Moreover, after a certain point it alters your whole system and the way it handles sugar, so that even if you quite consuming it, it’s too late.
Of course, it’s not just the corn industry. It’s the political establishment. The politicians are in bed with the factory farmers. The same guys who give us ethanol in our gasoline and wreck our engines.
These studies are bogus. Most of the time, the consumption is a zillion times the norm. If you consume anything to excess all the time, yes, you will develop health problems.
The key is moderation and reasonable portion sizes.
I have become more amenable to the idea the HFCS is worse than table sugar, but not by much. We should avoid all sweeteners in our diet, all excessive uses of it. Really, the bad thing about HFCS is that it made adding sweetener easier and cheaper for the food manufacturers. Fructose in high quantities is unnatural. Its in table sugar too, stop eating so much of it, bottom line, the rest is just conspirowhining.
BTW, once upon a time I wrote to you about Dr. Barry Sears -- on re-reading his book, I found my memory was faulty -- he didn't cover HFCS like I had thought.
Cheers!
"Do you have the site reference from where that information is found?"
HFCS is devil’s piss. Whenever I want a sweet taste in my food, I prefer real cane sugar instead.
Stopped reading right there ...
When obese people learn to balance ‘their own hand’ that spoons the food into their mouths beyond what is healthy...then I will consider what foods are healthy or not for them.
I have stood in grocery lines seeing the so called foods these people buy piled high with snacks and prepared foods. While they are munching on their latest bag of chips or candy bars....and then handing these to the already overweight kids they have with them.
I am tired of the liberals spewing their agenda’s about what we should or not eat.
Moderation is still a good word.......
BS....The government and many of those that produce half the GD food, have tainted and poisoned it. Most of this mass produced crap is nothing but processed poison garbage.
What a concept!
Had a “Mexican Coke” the other day and wow was it refreshing! So much better than the stuff normally sold in the USA.
Label reading is critical. HFCS is in a lot of commercial food products. Not only obvious things like soda and sweetsm but also things like cranberry sauce, salad dressings etc.
Interesting. It might underscore the reason why when I was in Europe, it was impossible to find soft drinks with corn syrup added. Why would Europeans do such a thing as restrict corn syrup additives without scientific reasons.
Exactly! But it’s soooo easy to blame the food rather than the hand that is piling it in.
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