Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

lpiercehotmail — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:16:07 GMT

I'm a bit confused about the fructose vs. glucose controversy

First off regular sugar (sucrose) is half fructose and half glucose

Most fruit and fruit juices are mainly fructose.

The point is the American diet already had much fructose before HFCS

20 years ago fructose was promoted as an alternative to sucrose since it has a much slower rate of absorption

This is because fructose has to be first processed by the liver to be converted to glucose

Therefore insulin and glucose levels do not spike therefore this reduces insulin resistance.

In addition fructose is 50% sweeter than glucose so one can use less of it.

I think the main issue is to minimize amount of sugar and to reduce blood glucose and insulin spikes, it seems one could use less fructose for same sweetness and have reduced blood glucose and insulin spikes.

I would use small amounts of fruit juice sweetener rather than HFCS as this is a more natural and tastier form of fructose.

Can anyone dispute that fruit juice sweetener is preferable to table sugar (sucrose)?

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

kgopalrao — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:45:53 GMT

Dr. Mecola says, "Small amounts of whole fruit, which do contain fructose, are typically not a problem." How much is a small amount? 5servings, or 6-7, which is what most health gurus advocate? Can someone explain.

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

dbfact_203 — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:34:58 GMT

Can anyone help me with suggestions for breaking the "sweet" habit? I'm off all sweeteners but Stevia, but use it everyday (alot). Does anyone feel it contributes to memory loss?

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

kgopalrao — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:09:26 GMT

Dear Dr. Mercola, and anyone else out there who knows,

What constitutes moderation in consumption of whole fruits? So far, the way most advice on the matter goes, upto 10 servings of fruits and veggies, about 3 at each main meal, is considered good for health. Is this moderation, especially i it happens to be weighted slightly in favour of fruits? I am totally confused by this remark at the end of the article. Someone please clariy.

K. Gopal Rao

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

ReadGodsWord — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:58:47 GMT

I have also given up sweet drinks. Most of the time, all I drink is water, sometimes with a little slice of lime or lemon. Very watered down orange juice for breakfast. Giving up pop has been empowering and I don't miss it a bit. Dr. M made the comment about 142lbs of sugar a year per person being the average consumption. A couple years ago, I did the math and put a 'days' worth of sugar in a zip lock bag...than put a days worth of 5lbs per year in another bag. I showed them to my students and I hope it made a big impression. The comparison was about a spoonful to almost 1/2 a pound.

We also measured out the amount of sugar in soda pop. Depending on the brand it was about 1/4 of a cup of sugar to one 20 oz bottle....GROSS! You can measure about 5grams fits into a teaspoon if I remember right. When you show someone really how much sugar is in pop...why would you want to hurt your body like that?

SHOW YOUR KIDS!

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

drhelene2 — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:36:22 GMT

What about LAKANTO? Anyone tried that?

Helene

Norway

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

Stevo77 — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:42:54 GMT

What about Xylitol is that a good sugar replacement?

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

Limeyhealthnut — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:59:46 GMT

Does anyone know the difference between fructose in HFCS & fructose in honey?

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

geamantan — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:20:48 GMT

OK, I did a search here and looked at several articles, and basically all I could find was that agave is bad. It did not say if raw organic agave is bad, or why agave is bad. ??????

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

kimmy1 — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:26:27 GMT

What ever happened to drinking just plain water? I think our culture has become so conditioned to having soda, juice, and other sugar laden beverages, we have lost touch with the fact that our bodies need water and a lot of it. Your body needs about half it's weight in ounces of water a day to stay properly hydrated. The great news is that when you cut out sweetened beverages from your diet, you actually start to crave water. Honestly, the most refreshing drink on a hot summer day would be a tall glass of water. Once you remove these toxins from your diet, they actually are not as satisfying when you consume them again.

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

holly4sun — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:09:47 GMT

Another good sweetener is Whey Low. It's not readily available, but can be purchased online. A man whose wife is diabetic invented it, he did not want her using artificial sweeteners. I can get it at our local gluten free bakery too. It's great for baking too and is all natural.

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

ChristianS — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:11:49 GMT

How about a link to the "study"?!?!

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

ChickenFarmer — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:05:35 GMT

I think people are making diet concerns way too difficult. I eat pasture based meats, eggs, and dairy. All of my grains are whole, fresh ground by me, and I eat lots of fresh veggies grown in my garden. The only sweetener I use regularly is one teaspoon of organic cane sugar in my morning cup of decaf coffee. The only processed food I eat on a some what regular basis is organic granola. My beverage of choice is tap water from my 400 ft deep well. When I want something sweet, I eat fruit. I take out one small bag of trash a week from my kitchen. I learned a long time ago, the more trash I threw out, the more money I was wasting, cause all of that packaging was costing me lots of money. I find eating the way I do, even if I had to buy all of the food and not grow or raise any of it, is cheaper than the S.A.D. and way better for me.

Before I started raising my own meats, I had gotten to the point where I couldn't eat that store bought stuff. Store bought pork got to be uneatible by the 1990s. A carton of milk always went bad in my refrig. I would buy a dozen eggs and end up throwing away a few eggs left in the carton after a couple of months. Store bought chicken became just plain nasty tasting to me. When I cooked a store bought turkey, the kitchen smelled like manure. Beef had no flavor. I finally decided that I had had a enough, and ordered some baby chicks, loaded up my freezer during hunting season with venison and start raising a hog. In the years since, when I didn't keep my own animals, I bought the meats from friends who raised them on pasture, at times driving 3 hours one way to get a few months supply.

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

johndude — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:41:35 GMT

Please be aware that stevia is being hyped and chemically altered to be sold as Truvia and PureVia: DANGER!!! Theses are completely different from the natural stevia. Studies suggest they could be far worse than HFCS's. Do your research. I am surprised that Dr. Mercola did not mention this.

re: Don’t Believe the Hype -- Fructose Truly is Much Worse Than Glucose

INDOLINK — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:38:01 GMT

Here is my 5 cents.. (or 1 Rupee..!)

a) Classic Coke=High fructose corn syrup=High calories=Obesity,Diabetes

b) Diet Coke=Zero calories=Aspartame=Neurotoxin

c) Either (a) or (b) = Phosphoric acid=Kidney diseases

No matter what food or fizzy drink you take, "DISEASE" comes along with it in the form of "TASTE".