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I do not appreciate Mr. Jackhammer aka the older of the Upstairs Kids hopping up and down and up and down directly above my bedroom at 0755 on a Sunday. It's not cool.

I resent being awake and showered already.

But I suppose this means I've now got tons of time to get things done around here.


Also, what's with the big pushback regarding high fructose corn syrup lately?

Date: 2008-09-21 07:52 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] tejas.livejournal.com
I'm not seeing anything there other than what I'd already said: hfcs is being hidden in foods and people don't know it's there so they're eating more sugar than they realize.

That fructose doesn't cause an insulin reaction is a bonus, not a minus. It has nothing to do with satiation and everything to do with avoiding the crash we get from sucrose (which is due to the insulin reaction sucking all the sugars out of the bloodstream and triggering the brain to scream "WE NEED CARBS AND WE NEED THEM NOW OR WE'RE GOING TO BE EATEN BY A TIGER WHILE WE'RE PASSED OUT!". ;-)

There are people with fructose malabsorbtion disorder, as well as some other gastro-intestinal disorders that make fructose difficult to handle, but they'd have as much trouble eating fruit as they would with foods containing HFCS.

HFCS just isn't a problem in and of itself. The problem is in taking in too many sugars of *any* type and the fact that HFCS is a cheap way for manufacturers to sweeten foods to make them more desirable to human taste buds.

Date: 2008-09-22 05:47 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com
I've always thought that HFCS was linked to Type 2 diabetes, which that article mentions as well. That's why I stopped consuming it. Diabetes runs in my family, so I tend to avoid things that might increase my chances.

Date: 2008-09-22 05:49 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] tejas.livejournal.com
*Sugar* is linked to Type 2 diabetes. Doesn't matter what kind, though sucrose edges out in front of fructose by a hair. Basically, anything ending in 'ose' is to be viewed, if not with alarm, then at least with caution.

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