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Wed Apr-30-08 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #44 |
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The body metabolizes both fructose and glucose more readily than it does sucrose, which is the primary sugar in cane or beet sugars.
I'd like to know why simpler sugars are worse than more complex versions, and perhaps your source would explain it.
The Professor
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| -High Fructose Corn Syrup |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:02 PM |
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Why, Just Yersterday at the Supermarket, I Was Thinking ... |
Crisco |
Apr-30-08 01:04 PM |
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Try your creative juices, and make your own marinades.. my husband |
glowing |
Apr-30-08 01:17 PM |
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Yabbut |
Crisco |
Apr-30-08 01:43 PM |
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ADM and the corn industry support sugar price supports so that sugar price is high in U.S. |
SharonAnn |
Apr-30-08 05:46 PM |
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Drink a Dublin Dr. Pepper... |
guyanakoolaid |
Apr-30-08 01:05 PM |
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I only drink Diet Drinks |
Horse with no Name |
Apr-30-08 01:18 PM |
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The glass bottle does make a difference in the taste |
newmajority |
Apr-30-08 01:31 PM |
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Yes I believe it was related to corn demand. And sugar tariffs were linked in as well I believe. |
yellowcanine |
Apr-30-08 01:05 PM |
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The U.S. also subsidizes corn products... That also helped them keep prices lower. |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 01:20 PM |
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They used it because it was cheaper than sugar, and because |
TheWraith |
Apr-30-08 01:06 PM |
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Cheaper only because of the high sugar tariffs pushed by Archer Daniel Midlands |
guyanakoolaid |
Apr-30-08 01:08 PM |
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who now makes Ethanol.. |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:11 PM |
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bingo. nt |
Califooyah Operative |
Apr-30-08 07:16 PM |
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I wish. I still think high fructose is responsible for the weight gain of so many. |
Frustratedlady |
Apr-30-08 01:07 PM |
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Bill Maher is always blaming corn on our weight problems |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:12 PM |
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true, but ... |
zbdent |
Apr-30-08 01:33 PM |
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Not just potato chips! |
beltanefauve |
Apr-30-08 01:14 PM |
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bread, pop, fruit drinks, candy, granola bars, its everywhere |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:16 PM |
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A lot of people eat cereal that has it. Check your ingredients there too... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 01:17 PM |
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yeah that too, I try to buy Kashi products when I can |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:19 PM |
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And salad dressing, and canned tomatoes, and on and on and.... |
LynzM |
Apr-30-08 01:33 PM |
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Noticed this in the Orowheat bread as well |
IcyPeas |
Apr-30-08 05:12 PM |
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HFCS is so highly refined that there's nothing for your body to break down. |
newmajority |
Apr-30-08 01:39 PM |
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Glycolysis breaks down sugars to produce energy. Only surplus sugars are stored as fat. |
gimberly |
Apr-30-08 04:52 PM |
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Yep. I can't touch the stuff (hypoglycemic), and it's in almost everything. n/t |
Lorien |
Apr-30-08 04:32 PM |
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Perhaps. But white sugar is sucrose, |
SimpleTrend |
Apr-30-08 07:26 PM |
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I just said that in another thread! |
Clark2008 |
May-01-08 11:46 AM |
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Remember Coca Cola before the "New" Coke in the early 80's? |
DJ13 |
Apr-30-08 01:08 PM |
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Kosher Coke has a yellow top on the 2 liters |
underpants |
Apr-30-08 01:17 PM |
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Oh yeah - Mexican Coke, too, uses sugar instead of HFCS |
guyanakoolaid |
Apr-30-08 01:22 PM |
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Not all non-diet drinks sold in the US have HFCS |
rampaging_cynic |
Apr-30-08 01:53 PM |
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Across the street is a Mexican place that sells Coke bottled in Mexico. |
Sequoia |
Apr-30-08 01:10 PM |
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You can get it from Costco too... At least here on the west coast, not sure about other... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 01:16 PM |
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Passover Coke? I never heard of it. |
Sequoia |
Apr-30-08 01:20 PM |
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It was mentioned in another post in this thread as "Kosher Coke"... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 01:22 PM |
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Haven't found the Kosher Coke yet, but my money's on the MexiCoke in the taste test. |
newmajority |
Apr-30-08 01:45 PM |
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Damn! I didn't know that Coke was still made with sugar in some places |
Elspeth |
Apr-30-08 07:56 PM |
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There was recently a fascinating documentary on Independent Lens |
cbayer |
Apr-30-08 01:11 PM |
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I was just thinking the same thing the other day... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 01:13 PM |
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Omnivores Dillema. |
mainegreen |
Apr-30-08 01:16 PM |
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add another one to the list |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:27 PM |
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I second your recomendation |
tonkatoy57 |
Apr-30-08 01:44 PM |
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In movie form, that section of the book is King Corn |
rampaging_cynic |
Apr-30-08 01:55 PM |
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It's not good for you and in so much kids' stuff --- and other stuff . . . |
defendandprotect |
Apr-30-08 01:23 PM |
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Corn belongs on the cob, not in our tanks... |
chaska |
Apr-30-08 01:33 PM |
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I think some in South America are complaining that Brazil, etc. are chewing up the rain forest |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 05:21 PM |
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Brazil uses cane sugar for ethanol |
subliminable |
May-01-08 12:11 PM |
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HFCS is banned in Europe. They are always ahead on health issues. |
Pisces |
Apr-30-08 01:38 PM |
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they seem to be ahead on many issues |
LSK |
Apr-30-08 01:47 PM |
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They and Japan are ahead of us and Canada on issues with Mad Cow Disease too... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 02:23 PM |
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Do you have a source for that? |
Toucano |
Apr-30-08 04:00 PM |
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Jones Soda |
LibertyLover |
Apr-30-08 01:46 PM |
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Virgil's Root Beer is also without HFCS.. |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 02:18 PM |
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Virgil's is incredibly good. They also make a cream soda and ginger soda. |
LeftyMom |
Apr-30-08 05:31 PM |
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Boylans is also good... |
calipendence |
Apr-30-08 06:05 PM |
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Did you ever see their Thanksgiving soda collection? |
guyanakoolaid |
Apr-30-08 03:40 PM |
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Yeah, Jones has done some weird flavors |
newmajority |
Apr-30-08 04:30 PM |
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I heard about it |
LibertyLover |
May-01-08 10:38 AM |
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HFCS should have been banned a long time ago. |
EOO |
Apr-30-08 01:49 PM |
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HFCS is a big peeve of mine. |
distantearlywarning |
Apr-30-08 01:53 PM |
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Strangely, I just read this |
cyberswede |
Apr-30-08 02:09 PM |
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"about half fructose, half glucose" |
KamaAina |
Apr-30-08 02:15 PM |
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If You Could Find The Source Of That, Could You Share It |
ProfessorGAC |
Apr-30-08 02:39 PM |
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Source is a doctor back in NYC |
KamaAina |
Apr-30-08 02:42 PM |
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In 80's Weight Loss Plan - Took Out Fat, Added Sugar |
otohara |
Apr-30-08 04:14 PM |
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industrial agriculture is slowly choking us (n/t) |
galledgoblin |
Apr-30-08 05:27 PM |
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I've cut out 85% of this from my diet. |
Dorian Gray |
Apr-30-08 07:23 PM |
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That crap is making me fat. |
Itchinjim |
Apr-30-08 07:26 PM |
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I talked to a NY Food and Drug lawyer traveling in France a couple years ago |
lebkuchen |
May-01-08 11:40 AM |
#67 |
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