Agreed. Sweetness is a very popular and satisfying taste by default, try to enjoy and learn about the others.If that fails, try my favorite sweetener: Agave Nectar. Low glycemic and super-sweet, don't need much for anything.
Oh no, there's high fructose corn syrup in my broccoli and tomatoes!Oh, wait a minute -- no.Perhaps if you dear people would stop eating so much processed food and soda pop, this wouldn't be an issue.
by Hackwrench "Because enzymes are %100 effective at breaking down sucrose into fructose and glucose and does it before any other possible body mechanisms that depend on the presence of sucrose? There is insufficient information in your description as to whether those enzymes play a role other than breaking down sucrose, but if they do and if fructose and glucose are present instead of sucrose, it is not unreasonable to consider the possibility that either the body produces less of the enzymes as a result.Thus, your post contains insufficient information for a reasonable person to come to the conclusion that there is no effective difference between sucrose and a combination of fructose and glucose."Ah, yes, enzymes are 100% effective, and their action is not destructive to enzymes, therefore they break the first sugar molecule down, then hop along to the next sugar molecule unscathed. Your body does not process sucrose, it has to break it down to glucose and fructose as part of its ingestion. Both get converted to energy through the ATP cycle. While my statement may not be obvious to a reasonable person who fails freshman biology, it at least had substance, and more importantly tells you what to look for when reading these articles. If they are giving you data comparing fructose to glucose, but are calling it HFCS and sucrose, then they are lying. If you want to compare HFCS to sucrose, go the the FDA, all that data is on file.For the record, I avoid both next to starchy foods they are the biggest cause of obesity.
In the South we drink brewed tea that has sugar added to it while hot and is then chilled and served over ice.Moronic nationwide/international companies think they can serve us syrup or dry mixed tea and get away with it. They don't for long. McDonalds recently converted to brewed tea. I'm not sure if they use sugar or HFCS as a sweetener. I don't care because I don't ever eat there.
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"One of the biggest evil influences on our diet is the presence of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sugar substitute that itself is a sugar found in soft drinks and many other sweet, processed foods. The problem is that HCFS inhibits leptin secretion, so you never get the message that you're full. And it never shuts off gherin, so, even though you have food in your stomach, you constantly get the message that you're hungry." ... I blame High Fructose Corn Syrup - AKA HFCS 55, glucose-fructose syrup, crystalline fructose - for the rising epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes and related illnesses ... that farmers receive a subsidy to encourage corn production is perhaps the single largest cause of health concern that we face in the United States ...
oaksiderJan 18, 2007
Agreed. Sweetness is a very popular and satisfying taste by default, try to enjoy and learn about the others.If that fails, try my favorite sweetener: Agave Nectar. Low glycemic and super-sweet, don't need much for anything.
bshockJan 18, 2007
Oh no, there's high fructose corn syrup in my broccoli and tomatoes!Oh, wait a minute -- no.Perhaps if you dear people would stop eating so much processed food and soda pop, this wouldn't be an issue.
zetavuJan 18, 2007
by Hackwrench "Because enzymes are %100 effective at breaking down sucrose into fructose and glucose and does it before any other possible body mechanisms that depend on the presence of sucrose? There is insufficient information in your description as to whether those enzymes play a role other than breaking down sucrose, but if they do and if fructose and glucose are present instead of sucrose, it is not unreasonable to consider the possibility that either the body produces less of the enzymes as a result.Thus, your post contains insufficient information for a reasonable person to come to the conclusion that there is no effective difference between sucrose and a combination of fructose and glucose."Ah, yes, enzymes are 100% effective, and their action is not destructive to enzymes, therefore they break the first sugar molecule down, then hop along to the next sugar molecule unscathed. Your body does not process sucrose, it has to break it down to glucose and fructose as part of its ingestion. Both get converted to energy through the ATP cycle. While my statement may not be obvious to a reasonable person who fails freshman biology, it at least had substance, and more importantly tells you what to look for when reading these articles. If they are giving you data comparing fructose to glucose, but are calling it HFCS and sucrose, then they are lying. If you want to compare HFCS to sucrose, go the the FDA, all that data is on file.For the record, I avoid both next to starchy foods they are the biggest cause of obesity.
refragJan 19, 2007
Yes, but at home you can use Heinz organic ketchup and it tastes much better. It has a stronger tomato flavor.
refragJan 19, 2007
In the South we drink brewed tea that has sugar added to it while hot and is then chilled and served over ice.Moronic nationwide/international companies think they can serve us syrup or dry mixed tea and get away with it. They don't for long. McDonalds recently converted to brewed tea. I'm not sure if they use sugar or HFCS as a sweetener. I don't care because I don't ever eat there.
egrumlingJan 21, 2007
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shedmyskinJan 29, 2008
how did you get so brain dead? oohhh yeah the fluoride my bad.
shedmyskinJan 29, 2008
Guess what folks..research it. The "nut jobs" and "loons" were right the whole time about fluoride.....dead right. What else are they right about?
waku2waku2Nov 11, 2008
Regardless of the debate of the merit of high fructose corn syrup, I'd still like to get it out of my diet. There's a campaign to get cola companies to switch from HFCS to cane sugar or beet sugar at <a class="user" href="http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/dear-high-fructose-corn-syrup-please-get-out-of-us-colas-thanks-america">http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/dear-high-fructo ...</a>There's the bigger issue of lessening corn subsidies to discourage the use of HFCS, but until then, this campaign is a start.
avangionqSep 8, 2009
"One of the biggest evil influences on our diet is the presence of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sugar substitute that itself is a sugar found in soft drinks and many other sweet, processed foods. The problem is that HCFS inhibits leptin secretion, so you never get the message that you're full. And it never shuts off gherin, so, even though you have food in your stomach, you constantly get the message that you're hungry." ... I blame High Fructose Corn Syrup - AKA HFCS 55, glucose-fructose syrup, crystalline fructose - for the rising epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes and related illnesses ... that farmers receive a subsidy to encourage corn production is perhaps the single largest cause of health concern that we face in the United States ...