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A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find...high-fructose corn syrup prompts...more weight gain
Princeton University ^ | Mar 22, 2010 | Hilary Parker

Posted on 03/22/2010 9:01:26 AM PDT by decimon

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.

"Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true, at least under the conditions of our tests," said psychology professor Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addiction. "When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they're becoming obese -- every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don't see this; they don't all gain extra weight."

(Excerpt) Read more at princeton.edu ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: hfcs; throwback
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To: decimon

Hadn’t yet seen that thread. I had no idea all that good for you stuff was in it, I just love maple syrup. Due to cost, we use it sparingly, but I wish we could use it more.


21 posted on 03/22/2010 9:37:44 AM PDT by Spudx7
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To: decimon

I admit that I occasionally like a soda. But I noticed years ago that drinking HFCS soda gave me a run down feeling and so I largely stopped drinking it. It wasn’t until a year or so ago when I had to work in Europe for a bit that I noticed that cokes tasted like I remembered them tasting when I was a kid. Now that Pepsi is running it’s “legacy” cola and mountain dew, I’ve noticed the same thing although I’m not that fond of pepsi any more.

The only difference between American coca cola and European coca cola is that the EU bans HFCS and the sodas are made with sugar. Now I have about one a week, but it is the sugar variety coca cola bottled for the mexican market that you can find at kroger and a few other stores.


22 posted on 03/22/2010 9:41:51 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: ClearCase_guy

The government wants to control the food supply.

They already do. The use of high fructose corn syrup was the economic alternative to artificially high Federally supported sugar price. Allow drink, candy makers to do the economic thing by getting rid of the tariff on imported sugar and the problem solves itself.


23 posted on 03/22/2010 9:42:46 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: cowtowney
We already buy too much from the Chinese, you're unpatriotic, Buy American, they will own us, save American jobs...

Thought I would save a few posts for others.

I agree with you. I love it when policies collide. Save the sugar growers or improve health?

I know, lets just ban all sugar imports (and sugar yielding imports like beets)and only buy AMERICAN sugar. As the cost of sugar laden goods skyrocket we will all get healthier. Plus we will create 100’s of thousand new, well paying Sweet American jobs.

24 posted on 03/22/2010 9:48:02 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: raybbr
This increase in obese children came on rather suddenly. To my eyes, it took about five-ten years in the late nineties and early twenty-ought for this to come about.

This is why I think there is something we don't understand yet about our diets and what has changed. Hormones in meat? It could be a number of things, but it has come about too quickly to be explained in standard ways.

We all know scrawny teenage boys who can inhale forty dollars of groceries, play video games all weekend, and never gain a pound. It's just not as simple as calories in and calories out.

25 posted on 03/22/2010 9:54:15 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Cameras, cameras--never forget to bring your cameras)
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This stuff is in the stores now. WAY better than the HFCS soda:

26 posted on 03/22/2010 9:56:59 AM PDT by Rio (Don't make me come over there....)
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To: Mamzelle
It's just not as simple as calories in and calories out.

For some yes, for most I disagree.

This increase in obese children came on rather suddenly. To my eyes, it took about five-ten years in the late nineties and early twenty-ought for this to come about. This is why I think there is something we don't understand yet about our diets and what has changed. Hormones in meat? It could be a number of things, but it has come about too quickly to be explained in standard ways.

I think its about he whole processed food thing combined with a sedentary lifestyle. I also think this started about twenty to thirty years ago. It's been a slower process than you state but I think the curve has gone up sharply in the last ten years.

I doubt that more than five percent of Americans eat a diet that consists of less than fifty percent processed food. It's become just too hard for families to make three meals a day like they used to. Even going to a restaurant doesn't guarantee whole healthy non-processed food.

Obesity is becoming THE most serious health issue today. In ten years if the trend isn't reversed there will be only about thirty percent of the people left who can fend for themselves because of obesity and its complications.

27 posted on 03/22/2010 11:10:48 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: Spudx7
I made homemade ice cream: Cream, egg yolks, a little bit of real maple syrup, vanilla and arrowroot powder. The kids loved it and we were on time for church :)!

My wife thinks that raw eggs are a deadly poison. The idea of making IC out of it would freak her out.

28 posted on 03/22/2010 11:12:53 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: raybbr
Has she never snitched a little bit of cookie dough?

I used to feel the same way. I still would never consume raw egg whites or unpasteurized raw egg yolks. But slipping egg yolks into ice cream or smoothies is one way to experience the health benefits with out gagging.

We also now drink raw milk, something that used to freak me out until I learned that it is much healthier than pasteurized milk. Tastes a million times better, too.

29 posted on 03/22/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Spudx7
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To: decimon

Well, then. Thank goodness for fuel grade ethanol.


30 posted on 03/22/2010 11:50:01 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: decimon
Been traveling,first chance to FReep now.

Thanks, bfl.

Cheers!

31 posted on 03/22/2010 8:27:10 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: raybbr

“How do you explain this?”

Portion size.
We used to drink a 8 or 12oz soft drink as a treat occasionally. Now it’s a common more than daily occurrence for some. And they drink 32 oz at a time.

And look at most other food’s that are consumed. Restaurants serve huge portions to people.
People eat huge amounts of calories in many ways. It’s quite disgusting when you think about.
Every pound of body fat is like carrying 4 sticks of butter around on your body.


32 posted on 03/22/2010 8:34:30 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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