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Taubes discuss that in his book and apparently (from a liver, bio-chem, blood chemistry angle) that extra 5% can make a difference for some people (there is a g
by dmfdmf 16y ago
Taubes discuss that in his book and apparently (from a liver, bio-chem, blood chemistry angle) that extra 5% can make a difference for some people (there is a genetic element to it). He mentions teens getting cirrhosis of the liver from drinking too much soda.
But I (and I think Taubes) agrees with your point, sugar is bad for you too. "Corn sugar" may be a bit worse but especially bad if it damages the liver.
- nathos 16y agoIn sucrose, glucose and fructose are chemically bonded (a disaccharide). In high fructose corn syrup, converted 90% fructose corn syrup is blended with 100% glucose syrup. Because the digestive system doesn't need to break the disaccharide bond in HFCS, the body can metabolize it more quickly, possibly leading to more dramatic blood sugar spikes and other nutritional weirdness.
- dmfdmf 16y agoThis is correct but I omitted it for the sake of simplicity. I think this will turn out to be important because it impacts the rates of metabolism of various bio-chemical processes. Also, per Taubes, its not just blood sugar and insulin spikes that are important but the processing of fructose in the liver that impact the levels and types of cholesterol, etc, that end up in the blood, not to mention actual liver damage if over taxed (which has similarities to alcohol induced cirrhosis).
- nitrogen 16y agoThis question may be prompted by an unawareness of more up-to-date information, but is it conceivable that the cirrhosis is caused by metabolites of other chemicals in soda or diet soda, such as possibly toxic byproducts of aspartame metabolism?