Originally Posted By: GiveMeAVowel
Originally Posted By: Rolla07
Sugar is sugar.
Not true.
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We are what we eat!
Elsa Petersen
If you’re like most people you have been seeing ads on TV promoting the positive values of corn sugar. Corn sugar is another name for high fructose corn syrup. High Fructose Corn Syrup or HFCS is manufactured by milling corn, then adding enzymes to convert some of its glucose into fructose making it sweeter. It is about twenty four percent water and the rest of it is simple sugars that are found in processed foods including breads, cereals, breakfast bars, lunch meats, yogurts, soups, and condiments in the United States.
Sounds good so far right? But what is not being told is that there are negative effects on the body when consuming HFCS. According to the Corn Refiners Association in their recent TV ad they stated, “When it comes to corn sugar or cane sugar, your body doesn't know the difference. Sugar is sugar." But the effects of corn sugar and cane sugar on the body are quite different. Corn is a starch and has a higher glycemic index of eighty seven versus cane sugar which is 60. Cane sugar comes from a plant and there is fiber in the sugar which helps to satisfy the body longer than HFCS. After processing corn sugar is so different it is not even labeled by the FDA as sugar instead it is considered a condiment. In addition to that almost all of the corn grown in the United States is genetically modified which has been linked to significant health risks.
The simple sugars of which HFCS is composed of rapidly deplete after ingestion which cause dips in blood sugar levels in the body. A Princeton University study showed rats gained significant more weight when consuming HFCS in comparison to table sugar, even when the caloric intake was the same. Most interesting were the rats accessibility to sucrose, which was equal to the sweetness of sugar and the HFCS was half as sweet as that found in soft drinks. The rats who consumed HFCS gained 48% more weight than their sucrose peers and had significant deposits of abdominal fat and circulating triglycerides. In humans, these are characteristics associated with obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Is clear corn sugar is not the best dietary choice for anyone! Consumers need to demand the return of cane sugar into our packaged foods.
This is basically the question that I was asking, "is all sugar the same or is that phooey."