Posted on 03/29/2013 7:49:44 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Did you know that consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the U.S. -- which can be found in a plethora of cookies, candies and fast-foods -- has increased by a a whopping 10,673 percent between 1970 and 2005? So reports the USDA Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption report.
Are you one of millions, who, according to the USDA report, consume one-quarter of your calories from added sugars, most of which comes from high fructose corn syrup, as mercola.com pointed out?
Meanwhile, have you heard about the a recent study, which reveals that a diet high in high fructose corn syrup may be partly to blame for insulin resistance?
And did you learn here on the Sugar Shock Blog about the health-harming mercury that's been found recently in foods containing high fructose corn syrup?
What's more, are you aware that in the past decade, as people's consumption of HFCS has soared unabated, diabetes has increased by a staggering 90 percent and 8 percent or 24 million Americans now have diabetes?
(Excerpt) Read more at sugarshockblog.com ...
The Farmers that stick it to us with federal requirements to use their products?
The Farmers that kick consumers in the crotch with higher prices created by import quotas?
The Farmers that drive producers across the border where their import restrictions don't drive up input costs?
Agribusiness doesn't need welfare.
I remember reading that back in the 1970s (or 80s) in a book alled Sugar Blues.
It’s just SUGAR, no different than table sugar.
Just as bad, but no worse.
Afew years ago I went to my Doc. He said my sugar was really high. I had been drinking a LOT of fruit juices. I figured the water and fruit in them had to be good for me. I had no idea Fructose was bad news! I took meds for a short while, but really changed my diet around, including much more plain old water. After about 5 months I was back down to high normal. No longer have to take any meds for Type 2. Doc said it was the High Fructose Corn Syrup.
I was brought up in the country, in a family that didn’t drink soda or eat “sweets” or processed foods-we still don’t. So, I don’t see what all the fuss is-what difference does it make where the processed sugar comes from-it still isn’t good for the human body, for any number of reasons. That said, adults are responsible for themselves and their diet, period.
Diabetes II is genetic. You either have it already and at some point it will be triggered or you will never get it at all. What you eat has little to do with getting it, how much you eat and your weight is a trigger.
There are few, if any benefits, and lots of adverse effects, associated with sugar consumption, either sucrose or fructose. Fructose may be a bit worse, but excess sucrose consumption also leads to late onset diabetes in the adult population and has for centuries. Dad always said, “avoid consuming anything white if you can and if it comes in a bag or a box, don’t eat it.”
In the 1960s and 1970s, cyclamate was used as an artificial sweetener in the US. it tasted the same as sugar. Then it was banned after a rat, that had been given the equivalent of 350 cans per day of soda, contracted bladder cancer. But subsequent tests could not replicate this. The FDA refused to lift the ban and it´s still in effect.
Cyclamates are in use today in 55 countries including Canada.
I have no problem feeding it to livestock, but humans clearly should severely limit their intake of sugar in general, not just fructose.
Don’t forget the farmers who sell their corn crops to make ethanol as well as corn sugar-corn as a fresh food is a vegetable meant to be eaten-processed, it isn’t good for either human or vehicle engines...
It is easier to use because it is a liquid and can be moved by pumps through pipes.
I agree with your dad, white flour, white sugar, even cocaine, are concentrated extracts, white rice has the bran removed.
Humans existed until 1700 without processed sugars. It was a big deal to get anything particularly sweet. When chocolate was introduced, it was the 70% cacao variety, not the Hersheys super-sweet kind. Until the late 1970 humans never consumed high-fructose corn syrup. Now it is in nearly EVERYTHING. Our bodies are simply not designed to take it sweets in such amounts. That there are obese people everywhere should come as no surprise.
Pepsi Next is lower in sugar, but I think they add artificial sweetener. I wish someone would make a soft drink that uses sugar, just less of it. I drink Pepsi throwback or Pepsi Next. I cannot drink diet anything- all of it tastes metallic to me and I have heard the diet sodas are not good for you either.
Obesity is bad but I have seen many people who are not obese yet they have diabetes.
Then what is the difference from sugar, corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup?
While eating vegetables and berries and some whole grains is healthful, humans do not require carbohydrate at all to be healthy, only protein and fat.
“Despite oft-heard claims to the contrary, there is no actual physiological requirement for dietary carbohydrate.”
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/how-many-carbohydrates-do-you-need.html
Don’t have to scare me one coke, and I go into anaphylactic shock!
If you think you are doomed to become diabetic because it “runs in your family,” take heart.
You inherit a susceptibility to Type II diabetes; you do not inherit diabetes. One of three Americans will become diabetic, with women more likely to develop diabetes than men.
Risk factors for developing diabetes include: a family history of diabetes; storing fat primarily in the belly; high triglycerides; low HDL (good) cholesterol; blood sugar higher than 200 thirty minutes after a meal; fasting blood sugar above 110; excess hair on the face or body (in women); or diabetes during pregnancy.
A person with any of these warning signs should immediately make lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes: avoid refined carbohydrates (foods made with flour, white rice, milled corn; all added sugars and drinks that contain sugar), exercise regularly, lose weight if you are overweight, and keep your weight controlled for the rest of your life. If you do this you will be at low risk for developing diabetes, even if you have the genes that make you susceptible.
The authors of one study showed that the average person who is diagnosed with diabetes at age 40 will die 11.6 year earlier than a non-diabetic and that he or she will be severely incapacitated with one or more side effects of diabetes 18.6 years before a non-diabetic becomes disabled by similar health problems. Anyone who has watched a loved one progress through the horrible consequences of uncontrolled diabetes should be strongly motivated to make the lifestyle changes that help you avoid ever becoming diabetic.
Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at http://www.DrMirkin.com
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