Tea Extract Could Reduce HFCS-Diabetes Link

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Teddy365 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:06:06 GMT

The Reactive Carbonyls, multiplied in carbonated HFCS sodas, may be a smoking gun in the Diabetes epidemic.

Chi-Tang Ho, PhD, of Rutgers University, analysed 11 different soft drinks and found "astonishingly high" levels of reactive carbonyls. These compounds - thought to cause cell and tissue damage - have been linked to diabetes since diabetics have higher levels in their blood.

The researchers say these reactive carbonyls are associated with the unbound structure of the fructose and glucose molecules. They are not found in table sugar, in which the fructose and glucose components are described as "bound and chemically stable".

Interestingly, Ho and his team found that adding epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a compound found in tea, to the drinks reduced the levels of reactive carbonyl species in a dose-dependent manner.

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dcjeske — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:45:20 GMT

I was disappointed to find that Arizona tea also had HFCS...YUCK! I immediately wrote to their website to express my concerns and vow to never buy it again....HONEST TEA is the only bottled tea that I have found that is free of HFCS so when out at the greenfest that was what I chose..

Write to these companies to get them to take notice that WE ARE reading the labels and boycotting their products. Hugs & smiles,.

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lenharley — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:01:32 GMT

Tealeaves are also extremely high in fluoride. This caused my Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Stopping tea and Fluoride toothpaste completely cured me. (We do not have Fluoridated water)

www.bruha.com/.../green_tea___.html

"Appropriate regulation of the fluoride content of tea commodities should be an urgent matter for public food safety policy." - Cao J, et al. (2004). Fluoride in newer tea commodities. Fluoride 37: 286-300.

"Instant tea, one of the most popular drinks in the United States, may be a source of harmful levels of fluoride... The researchers found that some regular strength preparations contain as much as 6.5 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride, well over the 4 ppm maximum allowed in drinking water by the Environmental Protection Agency." - 'Potentially harmful fluoride levels found in some instant tea'', Washington University School of Medicine, January 25, 2005.

"Another important source of fluoride ingestion is tea...[T]he fluoride content of tea has been found to range from 0.1 to 4.2 ppm fluoride, with an average of about 3 ppm." - Levy SM, Guha-Chowdhury N. (1999). Total fluoride intake and implications for dietary fluoride supplementation. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 59: 211-23.

"[M]ost of the iced teas studied contained considerable fluoride concentrations. If infants ingest larger amounts of them because of their sweet taste, there is a risk of uncontrolled overdosing as a result of additional fluoride intake from other sources at the same time. " - Behrendt A, Oberste V, Wetzel WE. (2002). Fluoride concentration and pH of iced tea products. Caries Research 36(6): 405-410.

"The average fluoride concentration of infusions prepared from decaffeinated (green & black) tea in this study is 3.19 ppm and ranged from 1.01 to 5.20. This is unexpectedly higher than caffeinated tea and such a difference is statistically significant. If decaffeinated tea were prepared with optimally fluoridated water, the fluoride content would be increased by 1 ppm and would reach an average of 4.19 ppm." - Chan JT, Koh SH. (1996). Fluoride content in caffeinated, decaffeinated and herbal teas. Caries Research 30:88-92.

(source) www.fluoridealert.org/f-sources.htm

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dale67 — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:39:51 GMT

Can anyone please tell me if HFCS is marketed in products in Australia under a different name? I already avoid soft drinks (just has sugar listed) etc., but want to make sure it isn't hidden in other things.

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BeyondOrganic — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:09:38 GMT

OK, Does anyone know..... I really want to start taking my organic green tea tincture again, but got scared to when I heard it has a natural fluoride that comes from the plant in it. Is that fluoride as bad as the fluoride in our water and toothpaste that we don't want??? If so, is there a way to get organic green tea tincture without it??

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seg — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:49:26 GMT

Whathever the outcome of this study/debate (i try not to get to wrapped up in the politicking), i hope people don't use this as an excuse to continue consuming HFCS and think they can have a few cups of green tea to nullify the effect.
As a matter of fact the only option should be TOTAL ABSTINENCE OF THIS POISON which is slowly killing our kids. Years from now these pig headed, no good idiots (who are still in denial) will look back and see the damage their garbage products has done to our little ones......

I took the stand this week when i found out the freezie our babysitter (totally innocent cause she just don't know) was giving our kids contains HFCS, SODIUM BENZOATE amongst other things. We told her not to give it to them anymore and she totally understood, so yesterday when we went to pick them up instead of the usual freezie they were having pure water ice cubes.

Parents take the stand now and while it might seem somewhat harsh to not give it to them, you know you're doing the right thing. When they grow up they will thank you for it and for me that's a VERY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

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Katee Roux — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:58:46 GMT

There is one thing i agree on with the defender of HFCS in soda: It is not just soda. It is also the processed "cheese food" and processed "ice cream-like" snacks, the chips, and fries, and burgers, and candy, and frozen microwave "food," and juices.

The fact that most of these items have HFCS in them is just a concidence, right?

It was hard for me to watch my father in law this week. He was drinking a "cranberry cocktail." I asked what he was drinking, & my mother in law said, "cranberry juice" !!!

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samurai — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:19:19 GMT

You know what kills me? I cannot even find a decent chewing gum without aspertame or Splenda or some other weird frankengum.
Does anyone have any ideas for a good gum to chew????
Please advise.

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mmc88121 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:42:59 GMT

"Just because" something shows up in the lab test is no reason to expect the same results in real life. I wish they would apply that reasoning to Pharmaceutical drugs, maybe we would not have as many of them. This is the first study that shows how HFCS can contribute to obesity. There are many other studied that show HFCS does contribute to obesity, type 2 diabetes and a myriad of other illnesses.

Mary

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Russ Bianchi — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:31:38 GMT

How about a headline: 'Not Consuming Food Or Beverage With HFCS, Does Eliminate HFCS Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Cardio Vascular Disease, Some Cancers, & Obesity Link'?

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Reesacat — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:55:51 GMT

What I find scary is that people will read this, then go get "diet" sodas with NutraSweet and Splenda to avoid sugar and
GIVE THEM TO THEIR CHILDREN.

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KAC — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:20:15 GMT

In the last several months, I come to find out that drinking pop causes obesity. My kids and I don't drink pop anyway but I didn't know about the obesity factor. I think more parents and kids need to be made aware of this and quite possibly it may reduce the number of people drinking pop.

As for prepared Green Tea beverage such as Snapple "all natural" Green Tea, this stuff contains sugar as well. This is a big "no-no" for me. No thanks. Also beware of too much Green Tea and the natural flouride it contains.