Re: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 's comments on Sugar
TelecomFreq
6/4/2012 1:47:48 PM
I think the low cost of this sweetner has really cost America more than they were orignally willing to pay with regards to our health. There is a movie called King Corn that deals with the impact of the corn business and how it ripples through the economy, and our bodies. its pretty interesting stuff.
Re: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 's comments on Sugar
Noreen Seebacher
6/4/2012 12:50:55 PM
Despite my admitted love for dessert, I concede there is merit in limiting HFCS. Actually, I drink very little soft drinks, so I'm OK on that front. But consider this:
A Princeton University research team found in 2010 that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides.
"When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they're becoming obese -- every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don't see this; they don't all gain extra weight," said psychology professor Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addiction.
Re: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 's comments on Sugar
Noreen Seebacher
6/4/2012 12:41:07 PM
Honey is good, but sugar is better than artificial sweetener for those who can tolerate it and use it in moderation. Which is not to say that I do, because I really like dessert,
And when I am enjoying a wonderfully creamy custard filled cream puff, I try not to think about whatever makes it sweet. I just tell myself it is good for me because it contains eggs and milk.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 's comments on Sugar
Value Hiker
6/4/2012 12:33:36 PM
Sugar is shxx, use honey.I told General Abrams to install honey in the commissaries. If the K-s didn't blow your brains out, sugar, sure as shxx, was gonna
You've been the sugar business for so long, you've forgetten the taste of real honey
Re: Size matters
driven
6/4/2012 12:15:10 PM
It does get hot in the city in the summer Kevin. And guess what? NYC has surprisingly good water - right from the tap.
Re: Good Sugar, Bad Sugar
Tenacious
6/4/2012 12:11:43 PM
Excellent point, @Street Smart.
Well.........it does get really hot in New York during the summer. ;-)
Really nice post, @Kevin! Very educational and great at spelling out the issues.
But WHAT is the world coming to when a product wants to rebrand as SUGAR because that is the lesser of the evils?
If we ever wondered how truly bad HFCS is for us, its lobbying to fly under the radar as corn sugar has answered that question once and for all!
Does anyone really need a 32-oz Slurpee?
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