RE: Re: dealing with convenience foods for long-time SCDers -- was hot dogs

[Guest guest]

Dextrose and Glucose are two words for the

same compound C6H12O6. Look it up in either a Webster’s dictionary

or chemical handbook. Similarly another word for Fructose is Levulose,

also in Webster’s.

I wonder if you might now be persuaded to

eat cockles, clams, mussels, etc instead of your iron pills?

Aloha,

Mort

From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Alyssa Luck

Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009

4:14 PM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Re: Re:

dealing with convenience foods for long-time SCDers -- was hot dogs

I

purchased Sidney’s reprinted 1951

book to find wisdom. I found that he fed hospitalized patients fructose

(levulose) and dextrose (glucose), both which are absorbed without any

digestion, to gain weight.

This might be dense of me, but we just finished the biochemistry unit

in biology class, and I thought there were only three monosaccharides: glucose,

fructose, and galactose. I thought dextrose was a disaccharide. I know dextrose

is MADE of glucose, but wouldn't that mean it still needs to be broken down,

since it's glucose bonded together? I'm a little confused here.

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008,

dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009

(restarted)

No meds!

(except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal)