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Recently the type of sugar has been the subject of controversy/research. IIRC, most sugar used to be actual sugar, but sweets and soft drinks often contain high

Recently the type of sugar has been the subject of controversy/research. IIRC, most sugar used to be actual sugar, but sweets and soft drinks often contain high fructose corn syrup these days. Apparentlt our body can deal with glucose reasonably well, but sucks at dealing with fructose.

dredmorbius 9y ago
"Table sugar" (sucrose) is a bonded glucose and fructose molecule. HFCS is roughly the same ratio, though not bonded. The bond breakdown is pretty much instantaneous within the GI tract from my understanding. This suggests little actual difference between sucrose and HFCS.... keep reading ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup ... though Robert Lustig who studies this now seems to be claiming that there are different metabolic effects for sucrose and HFCS: Lustig also confirms what many consumers have intuitively figured out — that “sucrose (sugar) and HFCS have different metabolic effects,” including those that come from the much higher fructose content of HFCS which can range from 55 to 90 percent, and in the case of crystalline fructose to practically 100 percent. (Sucrose, or natural sugar, by contrast is a 50/50 combination of bound glucose and fructose). http://foodidentitytheft.com/obesity-expert-dr-robert-lustig-hfcs-a-significant-factor-in-childs-type-2-diabetes/ http://foodidentitytheft.com/obesity-expert-dr-robert-lustig...
DanBC 9y ago
Sucrose is 50% glucose and 50% fructose. HFCS is 42% fructose, 53% glucose and 5% other sugars/polysaccharides. Is it the fructose?
will_brown 9y ago
Sounds like a bunch of BS from the sugar/soft drink industry. I'll suggest a more practical/simple explanation between the different glucose and fructose and the diseases I mention. Fructose: primarily broken down in the liver. Glucose: When blood glucose rises, the pancreas releases insulin. Again I am talking about fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance), based on numbers alone it would seem children are more susceptible to developing fatty liver rather than insulin resistance, but that seems to be a very bizarre basis to suggest one is healthy. Moreover, even if a body doesn't develop insulin resistance, insulin itself is enlarging cells throughout the body, including fat cells, priming the body for obesity, which carries its own health issues. And again I only say sugar is a contributing factor to obesity, but no doubt insulin is a hell of a primer for obesity.

dredmorbius 9y ago

"Table sugar" (sucrose) is a bonded glucose and fructose molecule. HFCS is roughly the same ratio, though not bonded. The bond breakdown is pretty much instantaneous within the GI tract from my understanding. This suggests little actual difference between sucrose and HFCS.... keep reading ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup ... though Robert Lustig who studies this now seems to be claiming that there are different metabolic effects for sucrose and HFCS: Lustig also confirms what many consumers have intuitively figured out — that “sucrose (sugar) and HFCS have different metabolic effects,” including those that come from the much higher fructose content of HFCS which can range from 55 to 90 percent, and in the case of crystalline fructose to practically 100 percent. (Sucrose, or natural sugar, by contrast is a 50/50 combination of bound glucose and fructose). http://foodidentitytheft.com/obesity-expert-dr-robert-lustig-hfcs-a-significant-factor-in-childs-type-2-diabetes/ http://foodidentitytheft.com/obesity-expert-dr-robert-lustig...

DanBC 9y ago

Sucrose is 50% glucose and 50% fructose. HFCS is 42% fructose, 53% glucose and 5% other sugars/polysaccharides. Is it the fructose?

will_brown 9y ago

Sounds like a bunch of BS from the sugar/soft drink industry. I'll suggest a more practical/simple explanation between the different glucose and fructose and the diseases I mention. Fructose: primarily broken down in the liver. Glucose: When blood glucose rises, the pancreas releases insulin. Again I am talking about fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance), based on numbers alone it would seem children are more susceptible to developing fatty liver rather than insulin resistance, but that seems to be a very bizarre basis to suggest one is healthy. Moreover, even if a body doesn't develop insulin resistance, insulin itself is enlarging cells throughout the body, including fat cells, priming the body for obesity, which carries its own health issues. And again I only say sugar is a contributing factor to obesity, but no doubt insulin is a hell of a primer for obesity.