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Sucrose can be regulated by your body with Sucrase, whereas HFCS cannot. Maybe that's part of the reason why so many Americans are overweight? Hard to escape HF
by TNO 17y ago
Sucrose can be regulated by your body with Sucrase, whereas HFCS cannot. Maybe that's part of the reason why so many Americans are overweight? Hard to escape HFCS in the average diet. Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#Cane_and_beet_sugar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#Cane_a...
- pmorici 17y agoSome Good documentary films about food... http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food http://www.foodincmovie.com/ http://www.foodincmovie.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Corn_%28film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Corn_%28film%29 (You can rent the last two on iTunes)
- jseifer 17y agoFor some good reading on the subject, check out Ray Peat's article "Glycemia, starch, and sugar in context" at http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/glycemia.shtml http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/glycemia.shtml. While not specifically about sugars, the Weston Price book is a good read about traditional diets as well: http://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston-Price/dp/0916764206/ http://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston....
- warfangle 17y agoFood, Inc. is also available on netflix streaming. Quite a good documentary.
- hga 17y agoYeah, but if you consume enough sucrose and you don't cleave it, you'll get the equivalent of lactose intolerance (lactose is a disaccharide of glucose and galactose instead of fructose).