more tv lies with a side of diabetes

[Guest guest]

I had the TV on earlier this afternoon and I saw a commercial that made me

go run for the computer to look up a website. In the commercial, two moms

are at some sort of outdoor get together thingie with kids.

Mom 1 pours a cup of red drink. Mom 2 says something like " Oh, so you don't

care what your

family eats. "

Mom 1 replies, " What do you mean. "

mom 2, " Well, that has high fructose corn syrup in it, and you know what

they say about that. "

mom 1, " No, what do they say? "

mom 2, " That its.... its.... well.... "

mom 1, " That it's made from all natural corn, is just as sweet as sugar, and

in moderation is good for you? "

Then it showed their website, <http://www.sweetsurprise.com/>

http://www.sweetsurprise.com/ they have the videos online so you can view

them.

Have you seen this?!? Unbelievable.

THERE IS another commercial on their website features a couple on a picnic.

The woman

gives the man a popsicle, he says it's not good for you, she says it is and

tells him why, just the same lies as the first video..

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Great article from the NY Times that shows that our site and many others

have been successful at informing the public about the major problems with

high-fructose corn syrup.

The main expert they cite in this article, Dr. Bray, is one that I have used

many times before on this topic and pointed to his classic study in the

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition as the landmark review in this area.

Here is a link to the free full-text

<http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> article from April of

2004.

I consulted with one of my good friends who is a pharmacologist and

toxicologist, Russ Bianchi, managing director of Adept Solutions, Inc, a

global food & beverage formulation firm in Soquel, CA. He is one of the

brightest people I know in the sweetener industry and these are his

comments:

Willet and Popkin either do not understand that fructose from HFCS is NOT

the same molecule that is in sucrose, or for that matter fruit leveulose, or

are taking the latest Corn Lobby tactic of confusing the debate,

intentionally, because they have sold out, through smoke and mirrors.

There are over 35 years of HARD empirical evidence of refined man-made

fructose metabolizing to triglycerides and adipose tissue, UNLIKE the

fructose molecule linked to a glucose molecule, found in sucrose (cane or

beet), which is converted to blood glucose.

Sucrose raises blood glucose and then crashes it, below fasting baseline,

within 25 minutes of ingestions -- A FACT.

HFCS or crystalline fructose or hydrolyzed fructose from inulin, convert to

triglycerides and adipose tissue, within 60 minutes of ingestion, not blood

glucose -- A FACT.

The cheapest ingredient in the American food chain (profit factor) after

air, water and salt is HFCS -- A FACT.

In 1970, zero pounds of HFCS existed in the U.S. food chain, or the

SEMANTICALLY legislated equivalent in the EU, 'iso-glucose,' which is High

Fructose Wheat Or Beet Syrup. Today HFCS is about 68 pounds per year per

person in the USA -- FACT.

In 2005, if one looks at the actuarial curve on cardiovascular disease,

obesity, hypoglycemia, and diabetes, they all parallel HFCS increase in the

food chain -- A FACT.

Corn starch converted to a man-made molecule falsely called 'fructose' is

NOT sugar from cane or beet or metabolized the same -- A FACT.

MDs have no nutritional or metabolic training in med school -- A FACT.

MDs have no methodology in their teaching to prevent, as opposed to only

treat -- A FACT.

Does HFCS significantly contribute to ill health in the U.S. food chain?

Yes, follow the insurance companies scrambling in actuarial panic with a

sudden and unexplained spike in heart attack death pay-outs among baby

boomers ingesting too much HFCS and telling MDs to warn patients to get off

soda and HFCS-laden prducts, for profit -- A FACT.

Are Willet & Popkin liars? -- YES.

Ask Willet why " sugar diabetes " is no longer a term in the medical lexicon.

The answer is western medicine has known since 1924 sugar and refined

sweeteners cause or trigger diabetes, yet the AMA cut 'sugar' out of the

diabetes description in the early '60s because they knew they could make

more money on treatment, not prevention or cure ...

They have betrayed The Hippocratic Oath -- " First, Do No Harm ... "

For those that don't know about HFC, here is some info:

http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html

Six Reasons Why Corn is Making You Fat

You may already be familiar with the dangers of

<http://articles.mercola.com/2003/mar/26/fructose.htm> fructose that I've

warned about in the past, but what you may not know is that high-fructose

corn sweeteners that have been used to sweeten soft drinks and food since

the 1970s are major contributors to the obesity

<http://articles.mercola.com/2002/oct/23/overweight.htm> epidemic in the

United States.

The lead article of the April

<http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> 2004 American Journal

of Clinical Nutrition features this issue and the researchers say

consumption of high-fructose corn sweeteners increased more than 1,000

percent between 1970 and 1990, far exceeding changes in intake of any other

food or food group.

Food and beverage manufacturers began switching their sweeteners from

sucrose (table sugar) to corn syrup in the 1970s when they discovered that

high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was not only cheaper to make, it was also

much sweeter (processed fructose is nearly 20 times sweeter than table

sugar), and this switch has drastically altered the American diet.

In 1966, sucrose made up 86 percent of sweeteners. Today, 55 percent of

sweeteners used are made from corn. And while people ate no high-fructose

corn syrup in 1966, they ate close to 63 pounds each in 2001.

HFCS, which is made from cornstarch, is now used to sweeten:

* Soft drinks

* Fruit juices

* Baked goods

* Canned fruits

* Dairy products

* Cookies

* Gum

* Jams and jellies

It contains similar amounts of both fructose and glucose, whereas sucrose is

a larger sugar molecule that is metabolized in the intestine into glucose

and fructose.

HFCS is the only caloric sweetener in U.S. soft drinks and over 60 percent

of the calories in apple juice, which is used as a base for many fruit

drinks, come from fructose. The primary source of HFCS in the American diet

is soda and juice--about two-thirds of all fructose consumed in the United

States is in beverages.

Researchers estimated that Americans eat 132 calories of HFCS while the top

20 percent of sweetener consumers eat over 300. And some, they say, eat as

much as 700 calories per day of HFCS.

So what makes corn syrup such an unhealthy, fat-promoting product?

Fructose is Metabolized to Fat

The digestive and absorptive processes for glucose and fructose are

different. Unlike glucose, which the body uses, when one consumes large

amounts of fructose it is a relatively unregulated source of fuel for the

liver to convert to fat and cholesterol. Fructose converts to fat more than

any other sugar. It is also known to raise

<http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jan/14/fructose.htm> triglycerides

significantly.

Most Fructose is Consumed as a Liquid

The fact that most fructose is consumed in a liquid form significantly

magnifies its negative metabolic effects. The devastation it has on our

biology would be significantly lessened if it were consumed in solid food,

but as I mentioned above, most fructose is consumed in soft drinks and fruit

juices.

Fructose Does Not Stimulate Insulin Secretion

In addition, unlike glucose, fructose does not stimulate insulin

<http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jul/14/insulin.htm> secretion or enhance

leptin, a hormone thought to be involved in appetite regulation, production.

Because insulin and leptin act as key signals in regulating how much food

you eat and body weight, this suggests that dietary fructose may contribute

to increased food intake and weight gain.

Fructose Has no Enzymes, Vitamins or Minerals

Fructose has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals so it takes micronutrients

from the body while it assimilates itself for use. However, eating a small

piece of whole fruit, which contains natural fructose, is not likely to be a

problem for most people because fresh fruits contain the enzymes, vitamins

and minerals that are needed for the fructose to assimilate in the body.

Corn is a Grain, Not a Vegetable

Contrary to common belief, corn is a grain, not a vegetable, and is

definitely not fit as a dietary staple and mainstay, primarily because it

contains high amounts of sugar

<http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm> . When early

Native Americans changed their diet to one based mostly on corn, they had

increased rates of the following:

* Anemia

* Dental cavities

* Osteoarthritis

* Bone infections and other bone problems

Corn is Everywhere in the American Diet

Corn, and usually highly processed corn, has become a staple ingredient of

the American diet. Cheap corn is truly the building block of the ''fast-food

nation, " as Pollan writes in a New York

<http://articles.mercola.com/2003/oct/29/agribusiness.htm> Times article.

Not only is it in HFCS, but animals raised for meat are often fed corn and

other grains. Most meat in supermarkets comes from grain-fed animals. On the

contrary, grain-free meats <http://www.mercola.com/forms/bison.htm> not

only provide a better balance of omega fats, but also the animals are

healthier and more humanely raised, and the risk of acquiring an infection

from a healthy animal is very remote.

What You Can Do

Genetic factors clearly play an important role in the development of

obesity. However, the rapidity with which the current epidemic of obesity

has hit the United States and the rest of the world makes diet and lifestyle

a more likely explanation.

So the answer is plain and simple. If you want to lose weight stop drinking

soda and processed fruit juices that are sweetened with about eight

teaspoons of fructose per serving. I have made many difficult

recommendations to patients in their quest to achieve health, but one of the

simplest is to stop drinking soda. There is never any reason to drink it and

it is one of the easiest foods to give up. Switch to pure water

<http://www.mercola.com/article/water.htm> as your beverage of choice and

you will be well on your way to better health.

CHECK OUT THE NY TIMES ARTICLE - FREE LINK:

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537

[Guest guest]

Amazing, but I can't say it surprises me. Last time I watched TV I

was horrified with the language allowed. Things have changed so much

since I was little and I'm only 32. Want a good laugh? watch the

movie, " Idiocracy " . Of course it's filled with politically

incorrectness, but it is so hillarious and sarcastically close to

where society is going.

>

> I had the TV on earlier this afternoon and I saw a commercial that

made me

> go run for the computer to look up a website. In the commercial,

two moms

> are at some sort of outdoor get together thingie with kids.

>

> Mom 1 pours a cup of red drink. Mom 2 says something like " Oh, so

you don't

> care what your

> family eats. "

> Mom 1 replies, " What do you mean. "

> mom 2, " Well, that has high fructose corn syrup in it, and you know

what

> they say about that. "

> mom 1, " No, what do they say? "

> mom 2, " That its.... its.... well.... "

> mom 1, " That it's made from all natural corn, is just as sweet as

sugar, and

> in moderation is good for you? "

>

>

> Then it showed their website, <http://www.sweetsurprise.com/>

> http://www.sweetsurprise.com/ they have the videos online so you

can view

> them.

>

>

>

> Have you seen this?!? Unbelievable.

>

>

>

> THERE IS another commercial on their website features a couple on

a picnic.

> The woman

> gives the man a popsicle, he says it's not good for you, she says

it is and

> tells him why, just the same lies as the first video..

>

>

>

>

>

> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>

>

>

> Great article from the NY Times that shows that our site and many

others

> have been successful at informing the public about the major

problems with

> high-fructose corn syrup.

>

> The main expert they cite in this article, Dr. Bray, is one that I

have used

> many times before on this topic and pointed to his classic study in

the

> American Journal of Clinical Nutrition as the landmark review in

this area.

> Here is a link to the free full-text

> <http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> article from

April of

> 2004.

>

> I consulted with one of my good friends who is a pharmacologist and

> toxicologist, Russ Bianchi, managing director of Adept Solutions,

Inc, a

> global food & beverage formulation firm in Soquel, CA. He is one of

the

> brightest people I know in the sweetener industry and these are his

> comments:

>

> Willet and Popkin either do not understand that fructose from HFCS

is NOT

> the same molecule that is in sucrose, or for that matter fruit

leveulose, or

> are taking the latest Corn Lobby tactic of confusing the debate,

> intentionally, because they have sold out, through smoke and

mirrors.

>

> There are over 35 years of HARD empirical evidence of refined man-

made

> fructose metabolizing to triglycerides and adipose tissue, UNLIKE

the

> fructose molecule linked to a glucose molecule, found in sucrose

(cane or

> beet), which is converted to blood glucose.

>

> Sucrose raises blood glucose and then crashes it, below fasting

baseline,

> within 25 minutes of ingestions -- A FACT.

>

> HFCS or crystalline fructose or hydrolyzed fructose from inulin,

convert to

> triglycerides and adipose tissue, within 60 minutes of ingestion,

not blood

> glucose -- A FACT.

>

> The cheapest ingredient in the American food chain (profit factor)

after

> air, water and salt is HFCS -- A FACT.

>

> In 1970, zero pounds of HFCS existed in the U.S. food chain, or the

> SEMANTICALLY legislated equivalent in the EU, 'iso-glucose,' which

is High

> Fructose Wheat Or Beet Syrup. Today HFCS is about 68 pounds per

year per

> person in the USA -- FACT.

>

> In 2005, if one looks at the actuarial curve on cardiovascular

disease,

> obesity, hypoglycemia, and diabetes, they all parallel HFCS

increase in the

> food chain -- A FACT.

>

> Corn starch converted to a man-made molecule falsely

called 'fructose' is

> NOT sugar from cane or beet or metabolized the same -- A FACT.

>

> MDs have no nutritional or metabolic training in med school -- A

FACT.

>

> MDs have no methodology in their teaching to prevent, as opposed to

only

> treat -- A FACT.

>

> Does HFCS significantly contribute to ill health in the U.S. food

chain?

> Yes, follow the insurance companies scrambling in actuarial panic

with a

> sudden and unexplained spike in heart attack death pay-outs among

baby

> boomers ingesting too much HFCS and telling MDs to warn patients to

get off

> soda and HFCS-laden prducts, for profit -- A FACT.

>

> Are Willet & Popkin liars? -- YES.

>

> Ask Willet why " sugar diabetes " is no longer a term in the medical

lexicon.

> The answer is western medicine has known since 1924 sugar and

refined

> sweeteners cause or trigger diabetes, yet the AMA cut 'sugar' out

of the

> diabetes description in the early '60s because they knew they could

make

> more money on treatment, not prevention or cure ...

>

> They have betrayed The Hippocratic Oath -- " First, Do No Harm ... "

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> For those that don't know about HFC, here is some info:

>

>

>

> http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html

>

>

>

>

> Six Reasons Why Corn is Making You Fat

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> You may already be familiar with the dangers of

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2003/mar/26/fructose.htm> fructose

that I've

> warned about in the past, but what you may not know is that high-

fructose

> corn sweeteners that have been used to sweeten soft drinks and food

since

> the 1970s are major contributors to the obesity

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2002/oct/23/overweight.htm> epidemic

in the

> United States.

>

> The lead article of the April

> <http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> 2004 American

Journal

> of Clinical Nutrition features this issue and the researchers say

> consumption of high-fructose corn sweeteners increased more than

1,000

> percent between 1970 and 1990, far exceeding changes in intake of

any other

> food or food group.

>

> Food and beverage manufacturers began switching their sweeteners

from

> sucrose (table sugar) to corn syrup in the 1970s when they

discovered that

> high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was not only cheaper to make, it

was also

> much sweeter (processed fructose is nearly 20 times sweeter than

table

> sugar), and this switch has drastically altered the American diet.

>

> In 1966, sucrose made up 86 percent of sweeteners. Today, 55

percent of

> sweeteners used are made from corn. And while people ate no high-

fructose

> corn syrup in 1966, they ate close to 63 pounds each in 2001.

>

> HFCS, which is made from cornstarch, is now used to sweeten:

>

> * Soft drinks

> * Fruit juices

> * Baked goods

> * Canned fruits

> * Dairy products

> * Cookies

> * Gum

> * Jams and jellies

>

> It contains similar amounts of both fructose and glucose, whereas

sucrose is

> a larger sugar molecule that is metabolized in the intestine into

glucose

> and fructose.

>

> HFCS is the only caloric sweetener in U.S. soft drinks and over 60

percent

> of the calories in apple juice, which is used as a base for many

fruit

> drinks, come from fructose. The primary source of HFCS in the

American diet

> is soda and juice--about two-thirds of all fructose consumed in the

United

> States is in beverages.

>

> Researchers estimated that Americans eat 132 calories of HFCS while

the top

> 20 percent of sweetener consumers eat over 300. And some, they say,

eat as

> much as 700 calories per day of HFCS.

>

> So what makes corn syrup such an unhealthy, fat-promoting product?

>

> Fructose is Metabolized to Fat

>

> The digestive and absorptive processes for glucose and fructose are

> different. Unlike glucose, which the body uses, when one consumes

large

> amounts of fructose it is a relatively unregulated source of fuel

for the

> liver to convert to fat and cholesterol. Fructose converts to fat

more than

> any other sugar. It is also known to raise

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jan/14/fructose.htm>

triglycerides

> significantly.

>

> Most Fructose is Consumed as a Liquid

>

> The fact that most fructose is consumed in a liquid form

significantly

> magnifies its negative metabolic effects. The devastation it has on

our

> biology would be significantly lessened if it were consumed in

solid food,

> but as I mentioned above, most fructose is consumed in soft drinks

and fruit

> juices.

>

> Fructose Does Not Stimulate Insulin Secretion

>

> In addition, unlike glucose, fructose does not stimulate insulin

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jul/14/insulin.htm> secretion or

enhance

> leptin, a hormone thought to be involved in appetite regulation,

production.

> Because insulin and leptin act as key signals in regulating how

much food

> you eat and body weight, this suggests that dietary fructose may

contribute

> to increased food intake and weight gain.

>

> Fructose Has no Enzymes, Vitamins or Minerals

>

> Fructose has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals so it takes

micronutrients

> from the body while it assimilates itself for use. However, eating

a small

> piece of whole fruit, which contains natural fructose, is not

likely to be a

> problem for most people because fresh fruits contain the enzymes,

vitamins

> and minerals that are needed for the fructose to assimilate in the

body.

>

> Corn is a Grain, Not a Vegetable

>

> Contrary to common belief, corn is a grain, not a vegetable, and is

> definitely not fit as a dietary staple and mainstay, primarily

because it

> contains high amounts of sugar

> <http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm> . When

early

> Native Americans changed their diet to one based mostly on corn,

they had

> increased rates of the following:

>

> * Anemia

> * Dental cavities

> * Osteoarthritis

> * Bone infections and other bone problems

>

> Corn is Everywhere in the American Diet

>

> Corn, and usually highly processed corn, has become a staple

ingredient of

> the American diet. Cheap corn is truly the building block of

the ''fast-food

> nation, " as Pollan writes in a New York

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2003/oct/29/agribusiness.htm> Times

article.

>

> Not only is it in HFCS, but animals raised for meat are often fed

corn and

> other grains. Most meat in supermarkets comes from grain-fed

animals. On the

> contrary, grain-free meats

<http://www.mercola.com/forms/bison.htm> not

> only provide a better balance of omega fats, but also the animals

are

> healthier and more humanely raised, and the risk of acquiring an

infection

> from a healthy animal is very remote.

>

> What You Can Do

>

> Genetic factors clearly play an important role in the development of

> obesity. However, the rapidity with which the current epidemic of

obesity

> has hit the United States and the rest of the world makes diet and

lifestyle

> a more likely explanation.

>

> So the answer is plain and simple. If you want to lose weight stop

drinking

> soda and processed fruit juices that are sweetened with about eight

> teaspoons of fructose per serving. I have made many difficult

> recommendations to patients in their quest to achieve health, but

one of the

> simplest is to stop drinking soda. There is never any reason to

drink it and

> it is one of the easiest foods to give up. Switch to pure water

> <http://www.mercola.com/article/water.htm> as your beverage of

choice and

> you will be well on your way to better health.

>

>

>

> CHECK OUT THE NY TIMES ARTICLE - FREE LINK:

> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

All mainstream media is controlled by large corporations. They don't

want you to eat healthy, because you might wake up and realize what

they are doing in the name of profit. They push bad food, bad

medicine, and bad all the way around. High fructose corn syrup is

sugar...plainly. Sugar is well established to be bad for you..but they

will try to sell anything today. Corn syrup is the reason America is

so fat, they put it everything...and it's addicting. Leaving you

wanting more and more and you overeat. Also creates hyper children. My

son does well with it removed from his diet.

I think it's sad what goes on today....it's one reason I don't watch

TV much. It's all lies.

>

> I had the TV on earlier this afternoon and I saw a commercial that

made me

> go run for the computer to look up a website. In the commercial, two

moms

> are at some sort of outdoor get together thingie with kids.

>

> Mom 1 pours a cup of red drink. Mom 2 says something like " Oh, so

you don't

> care what your

> family eats. "

> Mom 1 replies, " What do you mean. "

> mom 2, " Well, that has high fructose corn syrup in it, and you know what

> they say about that. "

> mom 1, " No, what do they say? "

> mom 2, " That its.... its.... well.... "

> mom 1, " That it's made from all natural corn, is just as sweet as

sugar, and

> in moderation is good for you? "

>

>

> Then it showed their website, <http://www.sweetsurprise.com/>

> http://www.sweetsurprise.com/ they have the videos online so you

can view

> them.

>

>

>

> Have you seen this?!? Unbelievable.

>

>

>

> THERE IS another commercial on their website features a couple on a

picnic.

> The woman

> gives the man a popsicle, he says it's not good for you, she says it

is and

> tells him why, just the same lies as the first video..

>

>

>

>

>

> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>

>

>

> Great article from the NY Times that shows that our site and many others

> have been successful at informing the public about the major

problems with

> high-fructose corn syrup.

>

> The main expert they cite in this article, Dr. Bray, is one that I

have used

> many times before on this topic and pointed to his classic study in the

> American Journal of Clinical Nutrition as the landmark review in

this area.

> Here is a link to the free full-text

> <http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> article from

April of

> 2004.

>

> I consulted with one of my good friends who is a pharmacologist and

> toxicologist, Russ Bianchi, managing director of Adept Solutions, Inc, a

> global food & beverage formulation firm in Soquel, CA. He is one of the

> brightest people I know in the sweetener industry and these are his

> comments:

>

> Willet and Popkin either do not understand that fructose from HFCS

is NOT

> the same molecule that is in sucrose, or for that matter fruit

leveulose, or

> are taking the latest Corn Lobby tactic of confusing the debate,

> intentionally, because they have sold out, through smoke and mirrors.

>

> There are over 35 years of HARD empirical evidence of refined man-made

> fructose metabolizing to triglycerides and adipose tissue, UNLIKE the

> fructose molecule linked to a glucose molecule, found in sucrose

(cane or

> beet), which is converted to blood glucose.

>

> Sucrose raises blood glucose and then crashes it, below fasting

baseline,

> within 25 minutes of ingestions -- A FACT.

>

> HFCS or crystalline fructose or hydrolyzed fructose from inulin,

convert to

> triglycerides and adipose tissue, within 60 minutes of ingestion,

not blood

> glucose -- A FACT.

>

> The cheapest ingredient in the American food chain (profit factor) after

> air, water and salt is HFCS -- A FACT.

>

> In 1970, zero pounds of HFCS existed in the U.S. food chain, or the

> SEMANTICALLY legislated equivalent in the EU, 'iso-glucose,' which

is High

> Fructose Wheat Or Beet Syrup. Today HFCS is about 68 pounds per year per

> person in the USA -- FACT.

>

> In 2005, if one looks at the actuarial curve on cardiovascular disease,

> obesity, hypoglycemia, and diabetes, they all parallel HFCS increase

in the

> food chain -- A FACT.

>

> Corn starch converted to a man-made molecule falsely called

'fructose' is

> NOT sugar from cane or beet or metabolized the same -- A FACT.

>

> MDs have no nutritional or metabolic training in med school -- A FACT.

>

> MDs have no methodology in their teaching to prevent, as opposed to only

> treat -- A FACT.

>

> Does HFCS significantly contribute to ill health in the U.S. food chain?

> Yes, follow the insurance companies scrambling in actuarial panic with a

> sudden and unexplained spike in heart attack death pay-outs among baby

> boomers ingesting too much HFCS and telling MDs to warn patients to

get off

> soda and HFCS-laden prducts, for profit -- A FACT.

>

> Are Willet & Popkin liars? -- YES.

>

> Ask Willet why " sugar diabetes " is no longer a term in the medical

lexicon.

> The answer is western medicine has known since 1924 sugar and refined

> sweeteners cause or trigger diabetes, yet the AMA cut 'sugar' out of the

> diabetes description in the early '60s because they knew they could make

> more money on treatment, not prevention or cure ...

>

> They have betrayed The Hippocratic Oath -- " First, Do No Harm ... "

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> For those that don't know about HFC, here is some info:

>

>

>

> http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html

>

>

>

>

> Six Reasons Why Corn is Making You Fat

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> You may already be familiar with the dangers of

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2003/mar/26/fructose.htm> fructose

that I've

> warned about in the past, but what you may not know is that

high-fructose

> corn sweeteners that have been used to sweeten soft drinks and food

since

> the 1970s are major contributors to the obesity

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2002/oct/23/overweight.htm> epidemic

in the

> United States.

>

> The lead article of the April

> <http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537> 2004 American

Journal

> of Clinical Nutrition features this issue and the researchers say

> consumption of high-fructose corn sweeteners increased more than 1,000

> percent between 1970 and 1990, far exceeding changes in intake of

any other

> food or food group.

>

> Food and beverage manufacturers began switching their sweeteners from

> sucrose (table sugar) to corn syrup in the 1970s when they

discovered that

> high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was not only cheaper to make, it was

also

> much sweeter (processed fructose is nearly 20 times sweeter than table

> sugar), and this switch has drastically altered the American diet.

>

> In 1966, sucrose made up 86 percent of sweeteners. Today, 55 percent of

> sweeteners used are made from corn. And while people ate no

high-fructose

> corn syrup in 1966, they ate close to 63 pounds each in 2001.

>

> HFCS, which is made from cornstarch, is now used to sweeten:

>

> * Soft drinks

> * Fruit juices

> * Baked goods

> * Canned fruits

> * Dairy products

> * Cookies

> * Gum

> * Jams and jellies

>

> It contains similar amounts of both fructose and glucose, whereas

sucrose is

> a larger sugar molecule that is metabolized in the intestine into

glucose

> and fructose.

>

> HFCS is the only caloric sweetener in U.S. soft drinks and over 60

percent

> of the calories in apple juice, which is used as a base for many fruit

> drinks, come from fructose. The primary source of HFCS in the

American diet

> is soda and juice--about two-thirds of all fructose consumed in the

United

> States is in beverages.

>

> Researchers estimated that Americans eat 132 calories of HFCS while

the top

> 20 percent of sweetener consumers eat over 300. And some, they say,

eat as

> much as 700 calories per day of HFCS.

>

> So what makes corn syrup such an unhealthy, fat-promoting product?

>

> Fructose is Metabolized to Fat

>

> The digestive and absorptive processes for glucose and fructose are

> different. Unlike glucose, which the body uses, when one consumes large

> amounts of fructose it is a relatively unregulated source of fuel

for the

> liver to convert to fat and cholesterol. Fructose converts to fat

more than

> any other sugar. It is also known to raise

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jan/14/fructose.htm> triglycerides

> significantly.

>

> Most Fructose is Consumed as a Liquid

>

> The fact that most fructose is consumed in a liquid form significantly

> magnifies its negative metabolic effects. The devastation it has on our

> biology would be significantly lessened if it were consumed in solid

food,

> but as I mentioned above, most fructose is consumed in soft drinks

and fruit

> juices.

>

> Fructose Does Not Stimulate Insulin Secretion

>

> In addition, unlike glucose, fructose does not stimulate insulin

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2001/jul/14/insulin.htm> secretion or

enhance

> leptin, a hormone thought to be involved in appetite regulation,

production.

> Because insulin and leptin act as key signals in regulating how much

food

> you eat and body weight, this suggests that dietary fructose may

contribute

> to increased food intake and weight gain.

>

> Fructose Has no Enzymes, Vitamins or Minerals

>

> Fructose has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals so it takes micronutrients

> from the body while it assimilates itself for use. However, eating a

small

> piece of whole fruit, which contains natural fructose, is not likely

to be a

> problem for most people because fresh fruits contain the enzymes,

vitamins

> and minerals that are needed for the fructose to assimilate in the

body.

>

> Corn is a Grain, Not a Vegetable

>

> Contrary to common belief, corn is a grain, not a vegetable, and is

> definitely not fit as a dietary staple and mainstay, primarily

because it

> contains high amounts of sugar

> <http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm> . When early

> Native Americans changed their diet to one based mostly on corn,

they had

> increased rates of the following:

>

> * Anemia

> * Dental cavities

> * Osteoarthritis

> * Bone infections and other bone problems

>

> Corn is Everywhere in the American Diet

>

> Corn, and usually highly processed corn, has become a staple

ingredient of

> the American diet. Cheap corn is truly the building block of the

''fast-food

> nation, " as Pollan writes in a New York

> <http://articles.mercola.com/2003/oct/29/agribusiness.htm> Times

article.

>

> Not only is it in HFCS, but animals raised for meat are often fed

corn and

> other grains. Most meat in supermarkets comes from grain-fed

animals. On the

> contrary, grain-free meats <http://www.mercola.com/forms/bison.htm> not

> only provide a better balance of omega fats, but also the animals are

> healthier and more humanely raised, and the risk of acquiring an

infection

> from a healthy animal is very remote.

>

> What You Can Do

>

> Genetic factors clearly play an important role in the development of

> obesity. However, the rapidity with which the current epidemic of

obesity

> has hit the United States and the rest of the world makes diet and

lifestyle

> a more likely explanation.

>

> So the answer is plain and simple. If you want to lose weight stop

drinking

> soda and processed fruit juices that are sweetened with about eight

> teaspoons of fructose per serving. I have made many difficult

> recommendations to patients in their quest to achieve health, but

one of the

> simplest is to stop drinking soda. There is never any reason to

drink it and

> it is one of the easiest foods to give up. Switch to pure water

> <http://www.mercola.com/article/water.htm> as your beverage of

choice and

> you will be well on your way to better health.

>

>

>

> CHECK OUT THE NY TIMES ARTICLE - FREE LINK:

> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/4/537

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Can you believe this.. I am just 37 and I have a teen ager and a 2 year old.

Both what a world of difference in Music and Movies they see on tv.

I don't watch tv nor allow the kids to watch anything on reg. (programming)

tv.