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Fructose and Sucrose
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Frank wrote: enigma wrote: Bill who putters wrote in : http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...i?tool=pubmed& pubmedid =19381015 "Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans" Abstract and whole study at above URL. which is yet another good reason not to fill a baby/toddler up with apple juice... and most "juice drinks" aimed at parents as "healthy" are nothing but empty calories, consisting of mostly apple juice (fructose) lee Did not read whole article but should apply also to sucrose, regular table sugar, as it is a dissacharide of fructose and glucose. HIGH FRUCTOSE corn syrup has been the cheap sweetener of choice in processed foods for decades. Soft drink makers may be backing away from it now, but the damage has already been done. Also see: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/ma...l?pagewanted=1 &ei=5090&en=e8328c69f0b3f4be&ex=1334894400&partner =rssuserland&emc=rss "Drewnowski gave himself a hypothetical dollar to spend, using it to purchase as many calories as he possibly could. He discovered that he could buy the most calories per dollar in the middle aisles of the supermarket, among the towering canyons of processed food and soft drink. (In the typical American supermarket, the fresh foods ‹ dairy, meat, fish and produce ‹ line the perimeter walls, while the imperishable packaged goods dominate the center.) Drewnowski found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips but only 250 calories of carrots. Looking for something to wash down those chips, he discovered that his dollar bought 875 calories of soda but only 170 calories of orange juice. As a rule, processed foods are more ³energy dense² than fresh foods: they contain less water and fiber but more added fat and sugar, which makes them both less filling and more fattening. These particular calories also happen to be the least healthful ones in the marketplace, which is why we call the foods that contain them ³junk.² Drewnowski concluded that the rules of the food game in America are organized in such a way that if you are eating on a budget, the most rational economic strategy is to eat badly ‹ and get fat." ------ Inside a human cell, there is a proof reader protein called a spliceosome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spliceosome When the cell sees a protein from another species, it can think that it is a mistake, take it apart and rearrange it, accidentally making a protein that normally didn't previously exist in nature. Is this protein structural? part of an enzyme? good questions with no answers that I'm aware of. Part of the assembly of a gene for insertion is an "enabler" to ensure that the gene expresses itself doesn't get turned off. One such "enabler" is the Cabbage Mosaic Virus (CaMV). About 98% of the DNA in our chromosomes has no obvious reason for being there. DNA that is no longer needed, and dormant viruses. Turns out, these CaMVs can separate from the inserted gene and go roaming around. They should be able to turn on latent DNA, that does god knows what, or they could turn on a latent virus. Remember, the CaMV is there to insure that the gene doesn't get turned off. GMOs haven't anything to do with obesity, or type II diabetes, you say? Maybe so, but for the foreseeable future, I'm eating organic. -- -- - Billy There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. Will Rogers http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn |
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