Posted on Saturday, 5th December 2009 by admin
Table sugar (sucrose) is a combination of glucose and fructose
Darya Pino earlier this month posted at her Summer Tomato blog a video regarding high fructose corn syrup. The speaker in the video is pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, M.D., of the University of California—San Francisco. In the U.S. between 1970 and 1990, consumption of high fructose corn syrup increased over 1000%. During those two decades, the incidence of overweight and obesity nearly doubled. Many wonder if this is more than just coincidental. Most of this fructose is in soft drinks. Soft drink consumption per person in 1942 was two servings per week. In 2000, consumption was two servings per day. Of course, these drinks typically have few nutrients other than sugars. I wrote about fructose possibly being “the new trans fat” almost two years ago.
Dr. Lustig is convinced that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a chronic toxin, at least in the amounts many of us eat, and the cause of our current epidemic of childhood and adult obesity and overweight. Even if this idea is not new to you, you may be interested to hear the biochemistry and physiology behind his position. If you didn’t enjoy college lectures or are not a food science geek, you probably won’t be able to sit through this 1.5-hour video.
I enjoyed the heck out of it! Made me feel like I was back in college again. Few of my professors were as good as Dr. Lustig at lecturing.
Here are a few of his other major points:
So What?
You don’t need polititians to reduce your consumption of sugary soft drinks and high fructose corn syrup—do it yourself starting today. Read food labels—HFCS is everywhere. I’ve found it in sausage!
The food industry greatly reduced use of trans fats in response to consumer concerns, before the polititians ever dabbled in it. HFCS can go the same route. Consumption of soft drinks, sports drinks, and other sugary beverages—the major sources of HFCS—is up to you.
PS: The Advanced Mediterranean Diet and Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet are naturally low in fructose.
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