Posted on 11/28/2012 12:58:27 PM PST by neverdem
No, I don’t think it would have made a difference, clearly I was abusing sugar products and paid the price for it.
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/
High-fructose corn syrup linked to type 2 diabetes
Question: Isn’t sugar just sugar?
Thus, attacking high-fructose corn syrup is just a diversion, right?
As far as I know, only the coke classic that is sold in the old fashioned glass bottles and is advertised to have cane sugar in it is non high fructose corn syrup coke classic.
The classic that’s in 2 liter bottles is syrup, and also at the time I would drink pepsi this way too.
Ergo, air causes cancer.
Now where is my dam*ed grant check?
LOL, you mean fructose-containing table sugar. "Sugar" is 50% fructose; HFCS is 55% fructose. Amazing how gullible some people are.
Well, I’ve got my blood sugar under perfect control with the daily meds, and I can also go off the meds, however it takes too long for my body to get the blood sugar back between 100-120 after eating if I’m off the meds.
It can take 3-4 hours to go back down naturally, whereas on the meds it takes 2 hours flat. So the doc says even though my diabetes is managed now, the underlying condition still remains, so he wants we on the meds.
Luckily I’m taking the old school meds metformin and glimepride, which do not seem to have these dire side effects like some of the more recently introduced diabetic medeicines.
Oh yeah, I’d have to agree with that too.
During the time of my abusing soft drinks, I was a very fat dude...bloated even.
Incorrect, well at least in the United States. Sugar growers love Corn Syrup- without this sugar substitute, congress would have to allow cheap imported sugar. This would force high cost US growers out of business. Congress loves corn syrup, because corn and sugar grower make a lot of donations for the statue quo.
Of course workers and business owner of candy makers, bakeries and other users of sugar have lost thousand of jobs and business. Blame Unions for our lost Twinkies, but don't forget sugar growers.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 5 weeks ago. My doctor strongly recommended "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman, and I've been following it reasonably well.
In a nutshell, my blood glucose readings have been between 95-120 for the past 10 days, and I've been exercising more, too. After this morning's result, I realize I need to cut back on consumption of nuts. My goal is to have it down in the 80's before my followup visit in February.
I don't have the craving for Cokes or sweets, and the diet is varied enough so as not to be boring.
For all the bad press that HFCS gets, I've never seen a study that compares the health risks against other types of sugars. I'm not convinced that HFCS is to blame - just high consumption.
Double duh
I was probably taking in 500-600 calories a day, just on Cokes. Now my beverages consist of water (w/lemon), and green tea (unsweet).
Exercise really helps a great deal. Much as I love to sit in front of my pc, a sedentary lifestyle is deadly.
I don’t usually crave sweets any more, occasionally I fall of the wagon, usually that happens in Publix’s bakery or driving in front of the local bakery...mmm frosting...
My real weakness is far carbohydrates though. I love bread and pasta.
I have cut just about all sodas and drink a lot more water. I use a Brita bottle with a filter. Until a few months ago, I was a heavy cheerwine drinker and I was feeling miserable in the evenings. These days I am doing much better.
And yet here is a doctor that says it is not HFCS, but wheat, that is the culprit.
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/triticum-fever-by-dr-william-davis-author-of-wheat-belly.html
Unfortunately, this is not one of those studies. Way to many variables, proxy studies rarely close the deal for me.
Back in the 60’s and 70’s when sodas were made with pure cane sugar.Obesity was not a problem. i have said before that corn syrup is freakin’ evil.
That could possibly be true. I can’t be certain. I do avoid HFCS as much as possible now, though every now and then I will drink it in a Barqs rootbeer. I will do this rarely between morning and noon if I feel low blood sugar as a result of my meds.
Eating a light breakfast and then taking the meds can lead to this if I expend too much energy on activities in the morning.
they began sweetening even ice cream with this crap 10 to 20 years ago... it’s garbage, and I don’t care for the taste.
and I don’t like soda..
that said, drink what you want, it’s all a matter of amounts.
tired of all this nanny culture...
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