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Seems like everything has got it as an ingredient over here. I know its banned in europe and there's adverts on the tv trying to reassure people about it.

What's the deal? Any one know why its banned or is it one of the reasons for all the fatties over here? :eek:
 
It's not banned. It's just glucose/fructose syrup derived from corn. One of Americas staple crops and as such is in a lot of there stuff and have become used to the taste compared to plain sugar over here.
There are no health concerns per say. No more than normal sugar. Diabetes, obesity and the likes.
 
Well do you mean corn syrup or HFCS (High-fructose corn syrup) there's a big difference

I will also try find the information why its bad , off top of my head it difference in insulin spike and effect on liver, compared to unrefined natural molasses.
 
At the end of the day eat to much of anything and it will be bad for you.
but i would rather get my fructose from fruit :)

I wouldn't be buying it to use myself to replace sugar but have no issue's with eating food with it in (even thought 90% of its GM corn).



"Fructose does not stimulate insulin production and also fails to increase "leptin" production, a hormone produced by the body's fat cells. Both of these act to turn off the appetite and control body weight. Also, fructose does not suppress ghrelin, a hormone that works to increase hunger. This interesting work is being done by Peter Havel at UC Davis"

and some for and against points

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_High_Fructose_Corn_Syrup
 
doofski said:
Seems like everything has got it as an ingredient over here. I know its banned in europe and there's adverts on the tv trying to reassure people about it.

What's the deal? Any one know why its banned or is it one of the reasons for all the fatties over here? :eek:
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It's not banned in Europe, it's just not massively subsidised by the local equivalent of the FDA. Corn is mainly sourced from North America, so for generic sugar syrup we just use you know Sugar as it's cheaper. On a side note, the High Fructose Corn Syrup stuff that is in massive use in North America is really really unhealthy, and a major trigger of diseases such as diabetes.
 
The only thing I know about it is it's incredibly fast acting sugar. If you're a type 1 diabetic you should think about avoiding it because even rapid insulin can't act fast enough to prevent a massive sugar spike.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Any reason Why?
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Hi,

I'm not an advocate of too much sugar (the less the better re poor sources that is) due to the impact on blood sugar, effects of glycation and potential fluctuations in insulin secretion / stressing the pancreas, diabetes as mentioned etc etc. Now, if we were to look at this, perhaps not from a stance of optimum health, but from a moderate but reasonably healthy approach, then in small quanities it should be fine. However, once you go down the 'packet' food road, and not whole foods, it is very easy to have a much higher level of sugars in the diet than you ever realised. :)

High fructose corn syrup, now that you really want to watch out for...interesting radio show interview.

http://www.jonbarron.org/natural-health/high-fructose-corn-syrup-podcast
 
I don't see any research that shows it's worse than sugar.

In fact just of the top of my mind, no insulin spikes would be better surly. No highs and crashes causing the addictive type cravings. Or is that totally wrong and not how sugar spikes and crashes work?

I don't see it as any worse than sugar, msg or anything else that has been argued and has no research backing the it's bad theory.

You say the packet route, but if you go the packet route, how is it any worse than what's it replacing.
 
I would prefer whole, natural foods over packet foods. A lot of packet foods contain in many cases added sugars, which can mount up a lot in the diet without people realising. However, given the choice I would rather have natural sugars added than some of these chemically altered ones (though both I'd rather skip) we see so readily on the supermarket shelf. Xylitol, Stevia or Agave - depeding on production with the latter, are about the best ones to use, way better than for example, an organic unrefined brown sugar (marginally higher mineral content than the white stuff). :)

Stevia btw tastes bloody awful imo. :D Very commonly used in parts of South America though.
 
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