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High Fructose Corn Syrup
Posted on 11/3/14 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 11/3/14 at 2:34 pm
Can someone please explain to me the fear and hate for this stuff? I was at the farmers market yesterday and heard some people asking one of the vendors if their product used regular sugar or this stuff. I always thought they were pretty similar?
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Posted on 11/3/14 at 2:49 pm to horsesandbulls
Corn syrup is the same an sugar just like ethanol is the same as gasoline.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:10 pm to horsesandbulls
high fructose corn syrup is disgusting. your body has a hard time processing shite like that.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:14 pm to horsesandbulls
High-fructose corn syrup is a corn-based sweetener. It’s about an equal blend of glucose and fructose and can be bought only by food manufacturers. Its use increased greatly around 1975 because of its low cost, and in the ensuing years it has replaced sucrose as the primary sweetener in processed foods.
Sucrose also contains equal parts glucose and fructose and is used by manufacturers in processed foods. People also use table sugar, a form of sucrose, to sweeten their foods and beverages and for baking. For the most part it comes from sugar beets and sugar cane. Fruit contains naturally occurring sucrose.
Recently concerns have been raised about potential health consequences of high-fructose corn syrup. But there’s insufficient science to vilify it. “Human studies, though short-term and small, consistently show no different impact on measures of health compared with other sugars. Though it’d be nice to have more research, we can confidently say people’s health will benefit most from limiting all sources of calorie-containing sweeteners,” says Cindy Fitch, a nutrition professor at West Virginia University and co-author of an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on the topic.
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Sucrose also contains equal parts glucose and fructose and is used by manufacturers in processed foods. People also use table sugar, a form of sucrose, to sweeten their foods and beverages and for baking. For the most part it comes from sugar beets and sugar cane. Fruit contains naturally occurring sucrose.
Recently concerns have been raised about potential health consequences of high-fructose corn syrup. But there’s insufficient science to vilify it. “Human studies, though short-term and small, consistently show no different impact on measures of health compared with other sugars. Though it’d be nice to have more research, we can confidently say people’s health will benefit most from limiting all sources of calorie-containing sweeteners,” says Cindy Fitch, a nutrition professor at West Virginia University and co-author of an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on the topic.
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Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:17 pm to horsesandbulls
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High Fructose Corn Syrup
Do you know how much sugar it is estimated that the avg american consumes annually?
72 lbs. We (humans) aren't designed for that much intake. It will lead to massive health problems as we age.
High fructose corn syrup is a chemically modified sweetner using corn (which we consume too much of) and our bodies cannot naturally process it. And high fructose corn syrup is in EVERYTHING.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:20 pm to Rouge
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Rouge
Thanks. This confirms my thoughts.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:41 pm to Rouge
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But there’s insufficient science to vilify it. “Human studies, though short-term and small, consistently show no different impact on measures of health compared with other sugars.
This is an outright lie propagated by the Corn Industry. The Academy of Nutrition is heavily subsidized by corporate food manufacturers.
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The AND maintains that being at the "same table" with food companies is important in order to exert a positive influence over their products and message, although critics describe this as an “unhealthy alliance” between the AND and junk food companies.[49][52] The accusation is that despite what good may come of such programs, it ultimately whitewashes (similar to the greenwashing efforts of environmentally irresponsible companies) the brand’s role in the country’s food ecosystem. Watchdogs note that the AND rarely criticizes food companies, believing it to be out of fear of "biting the hand that feeds them."[53][54][55] Nutrition expert Marion Nestle opined that she believed that as long as the AND partners with the makers of food and beverage products, “its opinions about diet and health will never be believed [to be] independent.”[49] A 2011 survey found that 80% of Academy members are critical of the Academy's position. They believe that the Academy is endorsing corporate sponsors and their products when it allows their sponsorship.[56]
Plenty of studies indicate HFCS is not processed by the body the same way regular sugar is.
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Barry M. Popkin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has published widely on the dangers of sugar-sweetened drinks and their contribution to the obesity epidemic. In a review of HFCS in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,(ii)he explains the mechanism by which the free fructose may contribute to obesity.He states that: “The digestion, absorption, and metabolism of fructose differ from those of glucose. Hepatic metabolism of fructose favors de novo lipogenesis (production of fat in the liver). In addition, unlike glucose, fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion or enhance leptin production. Because insulin and leptin act as key afferent signals in the regulation of food intake and body weight (to control appetite), this suggests that dietary fructose may contribute to increased energy intake and weight gain. Furthermore, calorically sweetened beverages may enhance caloric over-consumption.”He states that HFCS is absorbed more rapidly than regular sugar and that it doesn’t stimulate insulin or leptin production. This prevents you from triggering the body’s signals for being full and may lead to over-consumption of total calories. He concludes by saying that: “… the increase in consumption of HFCS has a temporal relation to the epidemic of obesity, and the overconsumption of HFCS in calorically sweetened beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity.”
This post was edited on 11/3/14 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 11/3/14 at 3:52 pm to Zappas Stache
lies, damn lies, and peer reviewed papers
Posted on 11/3/14 at 4:23 pm to Rouge
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lies, damn lies, and peer reviewed papers
To say there are no studies that tie HFCS to negative health effects is a lie.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 4:27 pm to Zappas Stache
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To say there are no studies that tie HFCS to negative health effects is a lie.
plenty of studies on both sides of the issue
Posted on 11/3/14 at 4:30 pm to Zappas Stache
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To say there are no studies that tie HFCS to negative health effects is a lie.
Correct. However, you're going to have a hard time finding published literature that shows HFCS is considerably worse than sugar.
Even in the previously linked statement by Barry Popkin, he compares HFCS to glucose, not sucrose (table sugar). Table sugar also contains fructose.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 4:51 pm to horsesandbulls
I don't know if HFCS is hard on our bodies or not.
I do know that sugar is a quick way to getting fat and being fat can cause health problems.
I also know that HFCS is highly concentrated sugar meaning that a little can go a long way and adding a lot can really up the sugar content in a small serving of food.
So for me, I try to stay away from too many HFCS products because I know I'm getting a heavy dose of sugar-flavor in place of whatever other ingredients are listed.
I do know that sugar is a quick way to getting fat and being fat can cause health problems.
I also know that HFCS is highly concentrated sugar meaning that a little can go a long way and adding a lot can really up the sugar content in a small serving of food.
So for me, I try to stay away from too many HFCS products because I know I'm getting a heavy dose of sugar-flavor in place of whatever other ingredients are listed.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 5:13 pm to timdallinger
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Barry Popkin, he compares HFCS to glucose, not sucrose (table sugar). Table sugar also contains fructose.
Yes and the body has the same problem metabolizing the fructose in sucrose. So, Glucose would be the preferred sweetener with table sugar second as it contains less fructose than HFCS.
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Sucrose consists of equal parts glucose and fructose. Your body must convert fructose into glucose before you can use it for energy through a biochemical process called glycolysis. This is primarily accomplished in your liver. A high intake of sucrose, due to the fructose content, can be a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, due to the high concentration of sugar in the liver, according to a research study in the "Journal of Hepatology." Consuming pure glucose does not lead to an elevated risk of fatty liver disease.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 5:26 pm to StringedInstruments
If HFCS is "highly concentrated sugar", wouldn't you need a lot less of it to get the same impact as regular sugar? I don't understand your point.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 6:03 pm to Zappas Stache
No arguing in favor of HFCS is skinny I'll throw that out there.
Posted on 11/3/14 at 8:45 pm to horsesandbulls
I have read a good bit of shite about foods that are supposedly bad for you and honestly, every bit of it sounds like self-serving bullshite to me...
I believe that HFCS is simply one of a few ingredients that it is currently trendy to dislike...HFCS is quickly being overtaken by gluetin as the evil ingredient of the day, so don't get too shook up over it all just yet...
I believe that HFCS is simply one of a few ingredients that it is currently trendy to dislike...HFCS is quickly being overtaken by gluetin as the evil ingredient of the day, so don't get too shook up over it all just yet...
Posted on 11/3/14 at 9:01 pm to StringedInstruments
Body doesn't know the difference
Both get broken down as glucose
At the end of the day it's calories in vs calories out. If your sweet foods have sugar or HFCS it doesn't matter
Both get broken down as glucose
At the end of the day it's calories in vs calories out. If your sweet foods have sugar or HFCS it doesn't matter
Posted on 11/3/14 at 11:22 pm to dallastiger55
I don't know the science on the difference to health for HFCS v. cane sugar, but I do know that food manufacturers slip HFCS in almost every processed food.
Processed food is full of sugar (HFCS) and salt. Even so called healthy and diet foods are full of that junk. Read the labels.
Processed food is full of sugar (HFCS) and salt. Even so called healthy and diet foods are full of that junk. Read the labels.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:28 am to horsesandbulls
The fat scare in the 70's and 80's left food manufacturers to seek a substitute, so they started loading up on sugar. The switched to HFCS cause it's even cheaper and easier to use. Today they pack it in EVERYTHING
Coincidentally the rise in obesity occurred the same time as the switch to high carb fillers.
Coincidentally the rise in obesity occurred the same time as the switch to high carb fillers.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 7:30 am to Btrtigerfan
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Corn syrup is the same an sugar just like ethanol is the same as gasoline.
Exactly. It works like sugar, but your body doesn't process it as well. By only switching from high fructose corn syrup to natural sugar in her snacks and beverages, my SO's mom lost like 15 lbs, and she has a pretty big sweet tooth.
Real sugar (especially in soda) just tastes better and is much better for you. Real sugar is also more filling, so you don't eat as much of it.
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