Some Carbs Turn to Fat Fast in Your Body

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debbiestreet3 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:41:59 GMT

Hey did anyone out there see the HFCS commercial saying it is SAFE????? I was MORE than APPAULDed!!!! WE have to get the story straight to those yingyangs who make commercials for the mass media!!!! Yes is is the worst sweetner on this planet. WHy does ALL of Europe band it and we don't???? Any artifical sweetner is not good for the body /liver. Yes fruits are good for anyone and I do not believe that anyone can get fat on fruit. Just watch the amounts.... As for xiolytol I am not sure,but it does sound good except it gives me gas.... I use Aguave syrup. If it is low glycemic only means it is SLOW at raising the blood sugar. Not necessarily that it does not... Just don't take as much. Why does NOT Dr. Mercola explain these things. I always eat a fiber food before a sweet food. Why did we grow up eating fruit or a sweet treat AFTER a meal? Makes sense. The fiber inhibits the posible spike of the fruit/dessert.... I agree with K2L.p.s. I took a Nutrition course for my career.and I hope this helps any of you out there. What a crazy world of food we live in. I ended up going back to the basic of cooking almost all of my food AND trying to eat all organic with some raw every day. Dr. Richard Byron is a Nutritionist who has 50 years under him ( 25 of his and 25 of his instructor) and explains how to eat, what to eat, etc. He agrees with Dr. Mercola. I wish the two would get togeher and help even more people! Just a wish here. I wonder if Dr. Mercola ever reads these/???/??DDRMOM ( no I am not a doctor I just like doing DDR with my teenage son....)

re: Some Carbs Turn to Fat Fast in Your Body

HeatherM — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:09:29 GMT

In Australia HFCS is rarely put in processed foods, but the obesity problem here is as serious as in the US.

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sandfam — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:51:18 GMT

I didn't notice anyone mention 100% Pure Vegetable Glycerine as a suitable sweetner. I use Veggie Glycerine and/or Stevia in all my cooking/baking/recipes. I have been off all other forms of sugar, except occasional whole fruit for over a year.......my health has done a 180! I feel too good to ever eat sugar again!

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aemit — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:49:34 GMT

To the list of acceptable sweeteners, I would add maple syrup. I use almost no sugar, in fact no sugar in my household except yes, organic cane sugar that I sometimes use for baking. But I use maple syrup on my oatmeal, or in my cocoa drink that I make for after my gym weight training. Really just a very small amount will suffice! I also use honey sometimes.

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Esther M. Cook — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:24:01 GMT

Xylitol is a normal part of fruit. It washes bacteria off teeth, so it is used in Health store toothpastes. It is also available as a nasal wash. You should get up to 18 g a day of Xylitol. If you are eating plenty of fruit, that is enough, but when fruit is scarce, it is helpful to have Xylitol gums, candies or toothpaste.

Those who want to buy it by the hundred weight or substitute it for cane sugar in excessive sweets have another problem altogether. Dr. Abravanel's Body Type Diet, not related to blood type diet, has been a best-seller for decades because it WORKS to balance one's personal metabolism. Sweet lovers are trying to stimulate their thyroid gland. Iodine is the classic remedy--but tap water's fluoride and chlorine are also culprits in weakening this gland. You may buy bottled water (full of xenoestrogens and much else) but neglect a SHOWER FILTER. You should notice softer hair and skin within a week of getting one. You absorb more nitrosamines from one average shower than eating a POUND of bacon, so you do absorb stuff through the skin. Do not neglect a shower filter any more. They are about $50 with tax and will last a YEAR. They are easy to install.

So if you are looking for a sugar substitute, a shower filter is one of the cheapest and easiest and most effective alternatives there is.

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webwitch6 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:41:03 GMT

Fruit makes you fat??

Real fruit without ice cream, whipped cream, or sprinkles makes you fat...

So, I guess for dessert I will have to have a steak tartar sundae with octopus eyeball sauce sprinkled with bacon bits.

Give me a break!

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veronica_3 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:42:20 GMT

Xylitol users, Just a note of caution: xylitol is BAD for some animals. Dogs don't have the enzymes to break it down in their liver so it is TOXIC for them. It can cause comas or death in larger quantities. This might be why testing xylitol on animals has negative results, but humans don't have the same results because they are equipped to digest it. (This gives me reason to question some of the conclusions on the curetoothdecay.com site.)

www.vetclick.com/.../view_article.php

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../15080212

My vet wasn't aware of this and was selling a breath freshener for dogs that had xylitol as its second ingredient!!

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aikixen — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:11:31 GMT

Are you trying to tell me that eating several pieces of fruit is going to make me fat?

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Ridershrink — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:47:19 GMT

Xylitol has medicinal uses and makes a good sugar substitute if one must have a sweetener. However, when used as a sweetener, xylitol may produce diarrhea in some sensitive individuals.

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bronte99 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:28:21 GMT

What about Agave nectar? It's low GI so it impacts blood sugar slowly. It's better than honey and tastes better than stevia. It dissolves in hot or cold so it works well in iced tea.

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Okiecase — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:00:26 GMT

Agave sent my blood sugar soaring. I experimented by testing my blood sugar, making sure it was around 100, and then sweetening iced tea with agave. I consumed nothing else. My blood sugar would exceed 180 every time I did this. The same thing happened when I would eat some cheese or meat (no carby foods) and then have tea sweetened with agave.

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Rita_Ezri — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:24:43 GMT

Agave is 90% fructose which would make it one of the worst sweetners for our body. This is why it has such a low glycemic index.

Rita

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hope for america — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:36:06 GMT

I would like to know how Dr. Mercola feels about Agave Syrup from cactus. It taste exactly like sugar and is supposed to be good for the pancreas. Agave can also be used in cooking just like honey. Anyone else want to weigh in on this?

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joeday — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:28:56 GMT

Question! What if you want to make some celebration pastries like cookies and cakes? Will Stevia stand up to sugar? and what about Xylitol? I just bought a jar of it at Whole Foods.

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Teakvass — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:21:25 GMT

Important topic, but no mention here of some other healthy options: maple syrup, dehydrated sugar cane juice (sold as Sucanat and Rapadura), date sugar, raw unfiltered honey and molasses. For further reading, see (especially the last paragraph "Healthy Option") this article: "Sugar-Free Blues--Everything You Wanted to Know About Artificial Sweeteners" by Jim Earles. Here is the link: www.westonaprice.org/.../sugarfree_blues.html