Bingo.
Posted on 05/24/2011 11:11:30 AM PDT by decimon
Obesity and diabetes rates continue to rise despite decline in consumption of sweeteners
WASHINGTON – A comprehensive review of research focusing on the debate between High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and other sweeteners presented today finds there is no evidence of any significant variation in the way the human body metabolizes HFCS as opposed to standard table sugar, or any difference in impact on risk factors for chronic disease.
James M. Rippe, MD, founder and director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida, presented a summary of recent research entitled -- "High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Fructose: What Do We Really Know?" – at the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Annual Meeting in New York City. Dr. Rippe was invited to present his findings on a panel focusing on nutrition and cardiovascular prevention, an issue that ASH recognizes as important on the subject of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Based on Dr. Rippe's review of a series of randomized, prospective studies, there is no evidence of adverse impacts from consumption of normal levels of either sucrose or HFCS on weight, ability to lose weight, or increased risk factors for chronic disease, nor were other differences found between the two sugars. Furthermore, a review of current research in this area shows that an individual is no more likely to experience obesity or chronic diseases by consuming HFCS as opposed to other sweeteners such as table sugar.
"While there has been a lot of media attention lately focused on the claims that HFCS is somehow more likely to cause obesity and chronic disease than other sweeteners, the evidence simply does not support those claims," said Dr. Rippe. "Recent research shows that individuals who consumed normal levels fructose have seen no adverse effects on their weight or triglycerides."
Also somewhat surprising, the United States Department of Agriculture has reported that while average daily caloric consumption has risen steadily over the last several decades, along with the rates of obesity and diabetes according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average daily caloric consumption of sweeteners, including HFCS, has actually decreased over the last decade.
In the mid-1970s, the average American diet contained less than 2,200 calories per day. By 2008, that average increased by approximately 500 calories to nearly 2,700 calories per day – a 22 percent jump. By contrast, since 1999 the average of total sugar-added calories consumed per capita per day actually decreased from over 500 calories per day down to just over 450 – a 10 percent decrease. During that same period, there was a dramatic spike in the calories from added fats and a consistently high calorie intake from flour and cereal products.
"In the case of HFCS, while consumption increased steadily over two decades in the United States beginning in the 1970s, it peaked around 1999 and has been declining ever since. Yet, we see the incidence of obesity and diabetes in the U.S. continues to rise or remain steady during that time" said Dr. Rippe. "Meanwhile, we have seen obesity and diabetes epidemics in regions of the world where little or no HFCS is available."
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Along with Obesity and Diabetes, it's also linked to Liver Scarring.
It must be true because you found a study that says it's true. Good thing studies are always undertaken to find the truth and never to make grant money flow. Otherwise, we might try and deny anthropogenic global warming.
Agreed.
Good grief, if what you say were true we'd be dropping over dead every time we ingested a pharmaceutical. Your liver actually learns to metabolized sophisticated compounds (like drugs) that it has never seen before. Do you think complex pharmaceutical compounds are created in natural ratios? Your post is unmitigated nonsense.
Bingo.
You can't get away from HFCS. They put it in everything! I don't worry about it because it's not an ingredient in any organic food that I know of or buy.
LOL!
Ok, so fructose is fructose except when it isn't. Got it. What you're also saying then is that honey (where fructose is a free sugar) is dangerous even though people have been consuming it for centuries. Who knew?
Exactly.
Do the research and judge for yourself.
We all make judgement calls.
I will avoid HFCS when possible. Ya’ll can suit yourself.
Good luck, fattys!
All things in moderation. Stop eating like a pig and problem goes away. One can’t consume more calories than one expends. It isn’t complicated but that ugly aspect of self-discipline rears its ugly head and when ignored demands its retribution.
Fructose is related to glucose (both are essential simple sugars) and fructose is FRUIT sugar the same as you find in fruits and natural fruit juices. I never found anything in my biochemistry courses that indicated that fructose goes directly to fat as someone else here indicated. In the mid 70s it was charcoal broiled meat causes cancer, salt causes HBP, nitrites in bacon, butter, eggs all cause high cholesterol, stress causing ulcers and a host of other things that were BS then and have been proven to be BS today.
As Marylander said:
HFCS is a combination of fructose and glucose,
whereas,
sugar is a combination of fructose and glucose.
Get over the overhyped BS.
Except the taste.
Which, in the event I drink a coke (whatever flavor, dr. pepper, pepsi, coke, RC, etc), then I want it to taste good.
HFCS doesn’t.
>>>But...but...how can this beee!!?? High fructose corn syrup is eeevil. The TeeVee tells me so.
It ani’t just your teevee... there’s threads right here in Freeprville sayin’ the same thing.
I always enjoy your comments on these threads. Thank you for adding facts and reason to the discussion.
Since your judgment seems to be in question, please note that the mercury found in the study of HFCS was measured in parts per trillion. You get a lot more benzene from the water you drink, measured in parts per billion, than any alleged mercury in products containing HFCS.
Being of sound judgment, which do you think you should be more concerned about?
I don’t know, but when I went through Marine Boot Camp in early 1970 as a skinny kid I ate everything they put in front of me including fruit, fruit juices, sugar on buttered bread (pogey bait not allowed) and every fatty item them put in front of me. I only gained 15 pounds but I was fit and muscled when I came out, maintaining an ideal weight limits throughout a military career (not all as a Marine). Yes, exercise and reasonable eating habits will keep you healthy, if you have no other genetic or environmental causes such as smoking or exposure to high levels of various bad substances. I ate like a sumo wrestler most of my adult life while still maintaining good health and proper weight. When I hit my 50s my metabolism changed and I developed a belly roll despite regular exercise. When that happened I drastically trimmed my food intake, fat intake and cut out most sugars but it did nothing to trim my belly roll. My doctor simply says to keep at it and maintain my metabolic indicators (blood sugar, cholesterol etc); the belly roll may never go away.
If you think HFCS is evil - you need to look into DHMO. That stuff is more evil than HFCS. http://dhmo.org/
1. Sucrose is composed of fructose and glucose in a 50/50 ratio.
2. HFCS is composed of fructose and glucose in about the same ratio as sucrose (either 55/45 or 42/58).
3. The fructose and glucose in HFCS and sucrose are chemically identical.
4. The fructose and glucose in HFCS and sucrose are absorbed by the body from the gut in exactly the same way.
5. Glucose is metabolized by the same metabolic pathway in the body regardless of whether it comes from corn syrup, cane sugar, clover, sugar beet, honey, or a glucose IV drip.
6. The same is true for fructose.
7. There is very little de novo lipogenesis in humans.
8. The increase in fat deposits in the context of a hypercaloric diet is due to substrate oxidation being switched away from fats, for which there is relatively unlimited storage, to glucose, for which there is relatively limited storage. Most of the fat on one's hips was most recently fat that crossed one's lips.
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