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I would be satisfied if the USDA recognized fructose as a toxin, and required labels to say how much fructose is in everything. We might then start seeing the
by ncmncm 4y ago
I would be satisfied if the USDA recognized fructose as a toxin, and required labels to say how much fructose is in everything.
We might then start seeing the things pumped full of sugar having glucose/dextrose instead. And, the greatest health crisis the UK and its former colonies has ever seen might then start winding down.
If we can institute emergency measures for COVID-19, it seems like we ought to be able to do a little something about a cause of overwhelmingly worse mortality.
- jasonhansel 4y agoSo...fruit would now be considered toxic? Fructose is naturally occurring.
- nradov 4y agoThe dose makes the poison. Metabolically healthy people can consume small amounts of fructose with no harmful effects, but too much causes problems. https://peterattiamd.com/is-natural-sugar-from-fruit-just-as-bad-as-added-sugar/ https://peterattiamd.com/is-natural-sugar-from-fruit-just-as...
- ncmncm 4y agoFructose in absence of fiber is not naturally occurring, with a few exceptions. (Principally honey and, oddly, grapes.)