That's right. It's what happens to different types of calories. If you have fructose as part of whole foods, that's OK (so long as you don't OD on fruit etc) but when you start getting into fruit juices and fructose extracted and added to foods, that's a whole different ballgame. You no longer have the fibre, protein and/or fats to help slow down and regulate how the liver has to process it. Plus excess will be stored as fat if your cells don't need it.
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I really have no idea, I'm still piecing it altogether, am I stupid? Maybe.
Food is medicine, you got to really watch what goes in the pie hole and exercise safely, because I am now at my age seeing how it's affecting people around me.
With regards to the consumption of sugar, added vitamins, minerals and fats, am I allowed to recommend a book I have recently read by David Gillespie?
While it is more so directed at the mainstream and average adult it does cover a lot of very interesting topics regarding how fructose and polyunsaturated fats metabolize in the body and their associated health effects. There is definitely more to understand than the first law of thermodynamics, although this is the best place to start IMO.
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You need more than a book by David Gillespie to prove your claim. His claims go against much of the evidence and are not backed up by the science.
You a cane farmer dude?
From memory his claims are based on his reading of lots of science. You can always find a study to refute another study so nothing is backed up by 'the science'.
Take a fatty, hide their sugar, check them in 3 months. There's your science. Weight will improve, blood lipids will improve, insulin sensitivity will improve, arteries will improve.
A couple of times above you have referred to cals in vs cals out and I agree with that. The interesting part is that the body has mechanisms to measure cals from fat, protein and glucose so it is able to control their consumption. No such mechanism exists for fructose and in the absence of fibre you can consume a shitload of it. Hence the cals in part of the equation becomes difficult to regulate without a calculator.
Take a fatty, hide their sugar, check them in 3 months. There's your science. Weight will improve, blood lipids will improve, insulin sensitivity will improve, arteries will improve.
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You need more than a book by David Gillespie to prove your claim. His claims go against much of the evidence and are not backed up by the science.
I never claimed anything?
I don't agree with many points in the book, eg. "exercise will not help you lose weight" To me this is a ridiculous premise, however there are many interesting points raised that do deserve further scrutiny, which are backed up by a whole chapter of references. People, and no one in particular, shouldn't be scared at exploring new nutritional claims and studies just because they currently don't do it themselves, it's how we learn.
Yes this will just restrict calories. Doesn't prove sugar is the problem.
Don't get me wrong too much fructose will be bad but too much of anything is bad. Fructose is just the current scape goat for obesity. First is was fat then carbs and sugar and now fructose. You have to look at the overall diet and not just blame one thing for all our obesity problems.
Agree with all those comments.
I just want to understand how bad, as it is the dominate ingredient in just about everything processed.
I have an occasional Coke Zero or before I know it I'm having it for lunch every day and craving sweet foods. Its not the caffeine, because I'm already a coffee addict.
In my experience, it has the same effect on the brain as natural sugars in terms of its addictiveness and promoting sugar cravings.
That's interesting as I too have a similar experiance when I drink to much coke zero or Pepsi max, I have to stop myself from having to much or I cut loose on all sorts of sweets lol.
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