Thank you. There were a few problems with fructose on your list of which I was not already aware.
Although I try not to make a habit of arguing about nutrition unless invited, I have twice in the last week been led into explaining why agave syrup is not a good thing: people tryto sell me on the merits of a sweetener which is 90+% fructose, as if this were an advantage!
Not trying to preach to the choir here, but rather venting to those who will understand.
Andrea
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Bill Wilcox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Bill Wilcox <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Zero Carb
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 1:41 PM
> The worse part of high fructose corn
> syrup is the fructose, not the glucose. It is, by the
> way, not much different than table sugar. HFCS is 55%
> fructose and 45% glucose. Table sugar is 50% fructose
> and 50% glucose. Your apple is 55-60% fructose and
> 40-45% glucose. The sugar in your apple and HFCS are
> about exactly the same. If the apple was not just
> picked and eaten but bought from a grocery store, the time
> that has past has reduced any nutritive content of that
> apple significantly. Todays fruits are just about the
> same as a sweet beverage. But, more on fructose.
>
> - Fructose has no enzymes, vitamins, and minerals… so it
> takes micronutrients from your body to assimilate itself.
> - Fructose is not converted to useable glucose, but instead
> is removed by the liver.
> - Fructose converts to fat more than other sugars leading
> to greater weight gain.
> - Fructose raises serum triglycerides.
> - Fructose increases total cholesterol and LDL
> cholesterol.
> - Fructose reduces insulin sensitivity.
> - Fructose interferes with the metabolism of minerals and
> chelates
> minerals out of the body including iron, calcium,
> magnesium, zinc and
> copper.
> - Fructose increase lactic acid in the blood.
> - Fructose can cause bloating, gas and diarrhea.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:08:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Zero Carb
>
> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:59:48 -0500, Bill Wilcox <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > And just like animals, plants don't want to be eaten.
>
> Not necessarily. Many plants seeds use animals as a
> distribution system.
>
> > The fruits we eat today have been bred to have way too
> much sugar, fructose, which has been show to be much worse
> than table sugar.
>
> If you're getting your fructose from high fructose corn
> syrup, I agree. But you're not going to convince me
> that it's worse to eat a super-sweet apple than it is to eat
> a handful of sugar candy.
>
> -- Robert Kesterson
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