In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
> > On 2010-07-03, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> > > HFCS may or may not be the culprit. Drink enough sugar and you are
> > > ingesting lots of calories. Plenty of Coke addicts drink a 2 liter
> > > bottle
> > > or more a day. That is about 800 calories a day or 292,000 per year.
> > > Want tries with that?
> >
> > Valid points, all.
> >
> > Here's an interesting read:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/5rcpud

I wasn't terribly impressed by that article. Two of the references were
from Wikipedia. I happen to like Wikipedia quite a bit, but I'd
hesitate to cite it for some article I wrote.

> I'd read way back that fructose was worse for insulin resistance than
> sugar and even discussed it with my doc'. She agreed.

I've read that also. However, regular sugar (sucrose) is composed of
molecules of fructose and glucose stuck together, one and one. If
sucrose is broken down quickly in the body, there isn't a lot of
difference between it and HFCS. The HFCS used for sweetening soft
drinks is HFCS 55, which is 55% fructose and 45% glucose. So does
sucrose break down quickly? Opinions are divided, but it doesn't
exactly have the reputation of "stickin to the ribs"!

> It's why I tend to avoid eating much fresh fruit except berries,
> tomatoes and avocados, and I limit even those.

Of course, you have your own diet, but for most people, a limited amount
of fruit is a healthy part of a balanced diet.

> And yes, I do realize
> that the natural fructose in fruit is not the same as HFCS. <g>

Exactly what is the difference? Take an apple. Roughly half the sugar
in a fresh apple is fructose. The other half is glucose and sucrose.
Roughly half the sugar in HFCS is fructose, the other half is glucose.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA