Match Point: Sugar

urbanfoodie:

bringtoaboil:

The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard diet of rat chow gained much more weight than male rats that received water sweetened with table sugar, or sucrose, in conjunction with the standard diet. The concentration of sugar in the sucrose solution was the same as is found in some commercial soft drinks, while the high-fructose corn syrup solution was half as concentrated as most sodas.

The second experiment — the first long-term study of the effects of high-fructose corn syrup consumption on obesity in lab animals — monitored weight gain, body fat and triglyceride levels in rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup over a period of six months. Compared to animals eating only rat chow, rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and augmented fat deposition, especially visceral fat around the belly. Male rats in particular ballooned in size: Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet.

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Further proof that it is not how much you eat but the quality of what you eat that contributes to weight gain and other health concerns.  Reductionist nutritionists have long assumed that fat is fat and sugar is sugar, at least we are finally getting past that. 

Source: fishy

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    This is why I buy bulk quantities of raw sugar and eat them by the shovelful. It’s healthy, after all, right?
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  9. swirlspice reblogged this from urbanfoodie and added:
    The HFCS, it is evil.
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    “sugar is sugar” argument. Just ask any startled European who’s been here for two months and can’t fit into their...
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    Fishy originally posted this...be credited. Thanks for
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    Further proof that it is not how much you eat but the quality of what you eat that contributes to weight gain and other...
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    My mother is also convinced it causes breakouts
  22. thelittlemermaid reblogged this from fishy and added:
    Good thing we Jews are all about to take a week away from it, since it’s not kosher for Passover.
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