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In reply to the discussion: HFCS and YOU [View all]reformist2
(9,841 posts)101. How does this happen? Do you end up feeling hungrier all the time?
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Sucrases secreted by the lining of the small intestine convert sucrose to glucose + fructose
FarCenter
Jul 2013
#25
hfcs is 'man-made' in the same sense lemon meringue is. it's a food whose properties have been
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#36
recognizing the properties of the mold is not the same thing as creating the pharmaceutical.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#35
my point is that i am a participant at DU & can express myself on any topic, just as you can.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#51
The antibiotic drug penicillin is *indeed* a man-made substance in exactly the same sense that
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#38
pretty much not. it goes through about as many chemical steps as the production of hfcs
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#126
"HFCS, hydrogenated, and partially hydrogenated oils (HOs) have no nutritional value" =
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#40
Perhaps the problem is that you don't understand what "nutritional value" means. Anything with
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#122
words have meanings, much as you would prefer to live in your little solipsistic world. they
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#168
"For you"? I have to account for what, that you're a different species than I realized?
Silent3
Jul 2013
#170
"my body has to call upon its reserves of vitamins and minerals simply to PROCESS these 'foods'"
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#171
My body proves to me that it is not the same every time some slips by,
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2013
#13
what is your point, & why did you feel the need to put it in all in bold? do you really think
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#42
I have a stake in countering bullshit. No, I don't work in the food industry if that's what you're
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#46
i've been posting evidence to the contrary, & higher level degree in nutrition says i have more
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#52
I didn't say it to impress you. Any sugar can also cause 'behavioral reactions similar to those
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#59
i'm pushing 60 & take no medications whatsoever. i have a normal weight and an advanced
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#56
bullshit, on two counts: 1) i made no claim that hfcs reduced heart disease. 2) if you were
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#64
Always remember, the HFCS be with you. His claim HFCS has contributed to lower heart disease
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#61
your claim that i made that claim is one of the greatest examples of prevarication ever seen at
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#68
It is the lack of other nutrients that is the problem; honey contains mostly fructose and glucose.
FarCenter
Jul 2013
#28
Karo is *not* high fructose corn syrup. It's ordinary corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#49
We switched to Agave nectar ...you would be surprised at how good this stuff is.
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#30
what kind of chemical processes do you think are used to turn leaves into sweet powder?
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#50
stevia has a lower glycemic load. Don't care about processing, myself. Not a paleo.
KittyWampus
Jul 2013
#60
It has a lower glycemic load like saccharin does -- because it has no caloric value.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#66
Lowest glycemic value. Well they don't seem to run out of 10 yo wine and I doubt they will run out..
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#71
it has lower glycemic value because of the percentage of inulin (mostly non-nutritive, i.e. can't
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#73
i don't 'promote' hfcs. i counter bullshit. you keep using your high-fructose sweetner.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#81
bs like 'here, use this high-fructose sweetner so you can avoid that other high-fructose sweetner
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#87
Come to think of it, two suppossed food scientists in two days giving us positive responses to HFCS?
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#88
please link to where someone claimed to be a food scientist. why don't you respond to the
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#89
lol. you don't know much about agave. small producers are being pushed out & they use lots
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#91
It's been fun playing with them today, but they insult the DU as a whole when their rhetoric
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#93
people may feel better not eating hfcs; that's great, more power to them. i personally feel
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#157
HFCS + Palm Oil = the cheapest stuff on earth used to make us buy unhealthy foods
displacedtexan
Jul 2013
#43
"Corporations are just as happy to market to our pseudoscientific fears" = yes. Cargill & Coca-Cola
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#70
HFCS tastes like the kind of shit you would use to add to a petri dish in biochem
Taverner
Jul 2013
#69
It is amazing what levels some will stoop to to defend a product that scientific evidence
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#72
it is amazing what levels some will stoop to to defend their little hobbyhorses. scientific evidence
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#75
"You obviously have a fixation that goes beyond simple discussions when disagreed with. "
Major Nikon
Jul 2013
#151
I avoid it entirely, it tastes crappy and ruins the texture of baked goods.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#98
I'm not paranoid about it, but there are big differences in how different sugars are metabolized.
reformist2
Jul 2013
#99
NYC's Bloomberg is an ass that wants to live forever that thinks making everyone else follow his
gvstn
Jul 2013
#125
trans fats are found in nature. so is fructose. your body knows how to process them. that
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#128
HFCS probably isn't good for the body, however I am not a perfect being. I have flaws.
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#130