Comments on: All About Fructose and Why You Shouldn’t Panic http://foodfithealth.com/blog/fructose-panic/ Eat Well, Get Fit, Beat Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Johnny Bourdeaux PhD http://foodfithealth.com/blog/fructose-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Johnny Bourdeaux PhD Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:41 +0000 http://foodfithealth.com/blog/?p=519#comment-227 Paul, In a recent Princeton study rats that had access on HFCS did a lot worse than on eating sugar. We all know that carb metabolism is a bit different in humans and rodents yet this still makes us wonder. I think researchers' explanation that the fructose in HFCS has quicker effects on the liver is worth looking more closely. I do not think that the fructose question is done yet. Paul,

In a recent Princeton study rats that had access on HFCS did a lot worse than on eating sugar. We all know that carb metabolism is a bit different in humans and rodents yet this still makes us wonder.

I think researchers’ explanation that the fructose in HFCS has quicker effects on the liver is worth looking more closely. I do not think that the fructose question is done yet.

]]> By: Paul Rogers http://foodfithealth.com/blog/fructose-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Paul Rogers Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://foodfithealth.com/blog/?p=519#comment-117 In the end, fructose is fructose, enzyme cleaved or not. The problem is with overconsumption -- of everything, including fructose -- and energy balance. Some grape and apple juices are likely to contain more fructose per unit than even HFCS soft drinks. Don't complicate it. Thanks for the comment. In the end, fructose is fructose, enzyme cleaved or not. The problem is with overconsumption — of everything, including fructose — and energy balance.

Some grape and apple juices are likely to contain more fructose per unit than even HFCS soft drinks.

Don’t complicate it. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Cynthia1770 http://foodfithealth.com/blog/fructose-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Cynthia1770 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:58:47 +0000 http://foodfithealth.com/blog/?p=519#comment-116 Hi, My google alert for HFCS picked up your post. I think we should be very concerned about the ubiquitous presence of HFCS in our foods and beverages. Take the variant HFCS-55 which is used to sweeten all national brands of soda, fruit drinks and many sports quenchers. The ratio of simple sugars is 55%fructose:45% glucose. This appears to be close to the 50:50 composition of sucrose, until you do the math. 55%:45%= 55/45= 1.22. That means that in every can of soda or bottle of Gatorade there is, compared to glucose, 22% more fructose. Could that have a bearing on our health woes? Considering that the average teen chugs one or two cans of day, over time that is a lot of extra fructose. There is also the issue of the free vs. bound fructose. Sucrose is cleaved by the enzyme sucrase which then allows for entry of the monosaccharides in the bloodstream. Fructose in the gemisch, HFCS, doesn't require that enzymatic step. Perhaps that also plays a role in the obesity epidemic. To your health. Hi,
My google alert for HFCS picked up your post.
I think we should be very concerned about the
ubiquitous presence of HFCS in our foods and
beverages. Take the variant HFCS-55 which is used to sweeten all national brands of soda, fruit drinks and many sports quenchers. The ratio of
simple sugars is 55%fructose:45% glucose. This appears to be close to the 50:50 composition
of sucrose, until you do the math.
55%:45%= 55/45= 1.22. That means that in every can of soda or bottle of Gatorade there is, compared to glucose, 22% more fructose. Could that have a bearing on our health woes? Considering that the average teen chugs one or two cans of day, over time that is a lot of extra fructose. There is also the issue of the free
vs. bound fructose. Sucrose is cleaved by the
enzyme sucrase which then allows for entry of the monosaccharides in the bloodstream. Fructose in the gemisch, HFCS, doesn’t require that enzymatic step. Perhaps that also plays a role in the obesity epidemic.
To your health.

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