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If we (in the US) could end corn subsidies, use of HFCS in food production would probably fall naturally as other sweeteners were able to compete again for the cheapest sweetener.
Sugar derived from cane and beet and honey are exactly as bad for your health as high-fructose corn syrup.
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Honey appears to have some other beneficial properties. There is no real evidence that moderate honey consumption causes worse health outcomes.
The thing with honey is that it is rare and seasonal in nature. Once a month/season/year is probably highly beneficial, daily is likely to be a slow suicide.
All things in moderation... . A dab of honey in tea once a day can't be that many micromorts.
Can someone explain to me how this doesn't imply that I should completely remove fructose from the list of ingredients in food I am willing to consume?
I actually watched an interesting video on this last night by Adam Ragusea, who hosts a cooking channel and likes to dabble in the food science side of things on occasion - https://youtu.be/DEKrfvgPGDY It looks to be the case that in the case of HFCS high ratios of Fructose to Glucose can cause issues because of excess free Fructose. If the balance between the two is maintained, things may be less problematic.
Balancing free fructose does not matter because by eating starch, you are already intaking much more glucose than fructose.
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The thing with honey is that it is rare and seasonal in nature. Once a month/season/year is probably highly beneficial, daily is likely to be a slow suicide.
Rare and seasonal? It literally does not spoil on any timescale that matters.
Can someone explain to me how this doesn't imply that I should completely remove fructose from the list of ingredients in food I am willing to consume?
Table sugar is entirely made up of sucrose. A polymer which is composed of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Fructose is also in most fruit sugars. Honey is one of the worst offenders from a natural source. Finally corn syrup is the absolute worst. Avoiding refined sugars in general is a good thing, but removing fructose completely would require not eating any fruits or berries either. The rule of thumb…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If we (in the US) could end corn subsidies, use of HFCS in food production would probably fall naturally as other sweeteners were able to compete again for the cheapest sweetener.
Sugar derived from cane and beet and honey are exactly as bad for your health as high-fructose corn syrup.
Moving from HFCS to table sugar wouldn't change those numbers at all... but if they can blame HFCS it'll ease their guilt that they might be personally responsible for the health consequences of their own diet.
Edit: keep in mind, this is ADDED sugars only. It doesn't include natural sugars, like those found in juice, fruits, etc. The average american consumers an incredible amount of sugar.
The study is conducted in mouse and human immune cells in a dish, and the purported link is between HFCS and inflammation. Its also not clear to me if the concentrations of fructose used in the study reflect the dynamic range of concentrations of fructose in your tissues during day-to-day life.
A diet high in fructose is not advisable for people with an autoimmune disease. One study did that of people with a large number of specific types of autoimmune disease that can be caused by high fructose foods. This study showed that one diet was associated with a higher incidence of these autoimmune diseases in those with large and consistent levels of fructose intake. For example, in those with low body weight you…
[1] Apparently honey contains ~40% fructose, which about the same as “HFCS42” (a standard 42% fructose corn syrup product).
[2] I ask this because I’ve read many claims that honey is among the healthiest forms of sugar, with many studies cited that show all sorts of health benefits of honey (at least versus table sugar or HFCS). Is this pseudoscientific bunk that I’ve been mislead to believe?
Can someone explain to me how this doesn't imply that I should completely remove fructose from the list of ingredients in food I am willing to consume?
Table sugar is entirely made up of sucrose. A polymer which is composed of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Fructose is also in most fruit sugars. Honey is one of the worst offenders from a natural source. Finally corn syrup is the absolute worst. Avoiding refined sugars in general is a good thing, but removing fructose completely would require not eating any fruits or berries either. The rule of thumb…
I wonder if we’ll ever see HFCs regulated like tobacco or alcohol. It’s another one of those epic scandals by huge corporations that used propaganda to sway public opinion...and now we’re left with an obesity epidemic.
Can someone explain to me how this doesn't imply that I should completely remove fructose from the list of ingredients in food I am willing to consume?
Table sugar is entirely made up of sucrose. A polymer which is composed of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Fructose is also in most fruit sugars. Honey is one of the worst offenders from a natural source. Finally corn syrup is the absolute worst. Avoiding refined sugars in general is a good thing, but removing fructose completely would require not eating any fruits or berries either. The rule of thumb…