Sugar is better: Nature is best :-) Food and beverage manufacturers began switching their sweeteners from sucrose (table sugar) to corn syrup in the 1970s when they discovered that HFCS was not only far cheaper to make, but is also about 20% sweeter than table sugar. HFCS is either 42% or 55% fructose, and sucrose is 50% fructose, so it’s really a wash in terms of sweetness. When you eat 120 calories of glucose, less than one calorie is stored as fat. 120 calories of fructose results in 40 calories being stored as fat. Consuming fructose is essentially consuming fat! The metabolism of fructose by your liver creates a long list of waste products and toxins, including a large amount of uric acid, which drives up blood pressure and causes gout.Fructose is a major contributor to: -Insulin resistance and obesity -Elevated blood pressure-Elevated triglycerides and elevated LDL -Depletion of vitamins and minerals -Cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cancer, arthritis, and gout.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:11:12 +0000
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