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Thursday, April 12, 2012
FRUCTOSE VS GLUCOSE
3 fruits to eat: strawberries, peaches, cantaloupe; 3 to avoid: bananas, apples, mangos; Stanhope
- strawberries
- peaches
- cantaloupe
Three fruits to avoid because they contain higher levels of fructose are:
- bananas
- apples
- mangos
Kimber Stanhope, PhD is a researcher from the University of California at Davis, who has done studies comparing the effects of consuming glucose vs fructose, and who was interviewed on ReachMD.com. Read the entire article | Email this article
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
FRUCTOSE VS GLUCOSE
Fructose causes same amount of weight gain and fat gain as glucose notes Kimber Stanhope, PhD
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
SUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Sugar can make some cancers grow including breast cancer and colon cancer says Lewis Cantley, PhD
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: If you limit your sugar you decrease your chances of developing cancer?
Lewis Cantley, PhD: Absolutely.
Cantley, a Harvard professor and the head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, says when we eat or drink sugar, it causes a sudden spike in the hormone insulin, which can serve as a catalyst to fuel certain types of cancers.
Lewis Cantley: What we're beginning to learn is that insulin can cause adverse effects in the various tissues. And of particular concern is cancer.
Why? Nearly a third of some common cancers -- including breast and colon cancers -- have something called insulin receptors on their surface. Insulin binds to these receptors and signals the tumor to start consuming glucose [which allows it to grow].
Lewis Cantley: Every cell in our body needs glucose to survive. But the trouble is, these cancer cells also use it to grow. So if you happen to have the tumor that has insulin receptors on it then it will get stimulated to take up the glucose that's in the bloodstream rather than go into fat or muscle, the glucose goes into the tumor. And the tumor uses it to grow.
Read the entire article | Email this articleSUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Overeating sugar causes the body to build up a tolerance & causes you to desire more, Eric Stice PhD
Eric Stice, PhD: It certainly is very good at firing the reward regions in our brain.
Eric Stice says by scanning hundreds of volunteers, he's learned that people who frequently drink sodas or eat ice cream or other sweet foods may be building up a tolerance, much like drug users do. As strange as it sounds, that means the more you eat, the less you feel the reward. The result: you eat more than ever.
Eric Stice: If you overeat these on a regular basis it causes changes in the brain that basically it blunts your reward region response to the food, so then you eat more and more to achieve the same satisfaction you felt originally. Read the entire article | Email this article
SUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Don’t eat sugar says cancer researcher, Lewis Cantley, PhD
Lewis Cantley's research team is working on developing drugs that will cut off the glucose supply to cancer cells and keep them from growing. But until there's a breakthrough, Cantley's advice? Don't eat sugar. And if you must, keep it to a minimum.
Cantley, a Harvard professor and the head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, says when we eat or drink sugar, it causes a sudden spike in the hormone insulin, which can serve as a catalyst to fuel certain types of cancers.
Lewis Cantley: What we're beginning to learn is that insulin can cause adverse effects in the various tissues. And of particular concern is cancer.
Why? Nearly a third of some common cancers -- including breast and colon cancers -- have something called insulin receptors on their surface. Insulin binds to these receptors and signals the tumor to start consuming glucose [which allows it to grow].
Lewis Cantley: Every cell in our body needs glucose to survive. But the trouble is, these cancer cells also use it to grow. So if you happen to have the tumor that has insulin receptors on it then it will get stimulated to take up the glucose that's in the bloodstream rather than go into fat or muscle, the glucose goes into the tumor. And the tumor uses it to grow.
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Monday, April 09, 2012
SUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Is Sugar Toxic? Yes, said Robert Lustig, MD on ‘60 Minutes’ on April 1, 2012
"The chances are good that sugar is a bigger part of your daily diet than you may realize which is why our story tonight is so important," Dr. Sanjay Gupta noted on the television show '60 Minutes' on April 1, 2012.
"New research coming out of some of America's most respected institutions is starting to find that sugar, the way many people are eating it today, is a toxin and could be a driving force behind some of this country's leading killers, including heart disease."
Read the entire article | Email this articleSUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Sugar causes obesity, type II diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease says Robert Lustig, MD
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: What are all these various diseases that you say are linked to sugar?
Dr. Robert Lustig: Obesity, type II diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease itself.
Lustig says the American lifestyle is killing us.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: And most of it you say is preventable?
Dr. Robert Lustig: Seventy-five percent of it is preventable.
Read the entire article | Email this articleSUGAR / FRUCTOSE
Table sugar (sucrose) is just as bad as high-fructose corn syrup says Robert Lustig, MD
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Is it worse than just table sugar?
Dr. Robert Lustig: No. 'Cause it's the exact same. They are basically equivalent. The problem is they're both bad. They're both equally toxic.
Since the 1970s, sugar consumption has gone down nearly 40 percent, but high fructose corn syrup has more than made up the difference. Dr. Lustig says they are both toxic because they both contain fructose -- that's what makes them sweet and irresistible.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
INSULIN & FRUCTOSE
Focusing on eating less and exercising more has set up back says Robert Lustig, MD
"First of all, people can't eat less, and people can't exercise more," Lustig continues.
Lustig says that he believes that there are biochemical forces driving people to overeat and under-exercise, and he believes that one of the major forces is excess insulin caused by excess fructose consumption.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Female rats given high-fructose corn syrup gained 100% in 7 months vs 77% with rat chow only
HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Male rats given high-fructose corn syrup gained 157% in 6 months vs 102% with rat chow only
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
STRESS & FRUCTOSE
Stress and high-fat, high-sugar diet decreases stimulation of fat-burning adrenaline receptors
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
Sugar is more potent than artificial sweeteners at turning off brain’s desire for sweetness
"We thought that sugar and artificial sweeteners, which both activate sweet receptors in the tongue, would both activate the same pathways in the brain," said principal investigator Walter Kaye, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Psychiatry, Hampton quotes in her article. "They turned out to not be the same," [ Dr. Kaye ] added.
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Sugar consumption causes a weight gain of 3.5 lbs; artificial sweetner a weight loss of 2.2 lbs
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
SUGAR
Sugar may be addictive for some people according to a rat study
SUGAR VS ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
Sugar-sweetened soda causes weight gain of 3.5 lbs vs weight loss of 2.2 lbs w/ artificial sweetener
SUGAR INTAKE
Half of sugar intake in the U.S. comes from soft drinks
SUGAR ADDICTION
Sugar addiction: Rats prefer sugar to cocaine
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Each additional serving of sugar-sweetened drink increases risk of obesity in 12-year-olds by 60%
This was after adjusting for differences in height, diet, lifestyle and demographics. Read the entire article | Email this article
Monday, September 28, 2009
SODA
One soda per day increases risk of overweight in adults by 27%, UCLA study found
The results were based on more than 40,000 interviews conducted by the California Health Interview Surveys. Read the entire article | Email this article
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Consumption of consumption of high-fructose corn syrup increased 10-fold between 1970 and 1990
SUGAR
Americans consume 355 calories per day as added sugar, notes American Heart Association
"In 2001 to 2004, the usual intake of added sugars for Americans was 22.2 teaspoons per day (355 calories per day)," according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Read the entire article | Email this article
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
The average American consumes 132 calories of high-fructose corn syrup per day
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
The top one-fifth of Americans consumes 316 calories of high-fructose corn syrup per day
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion or enhance leptin production like glucose does
[LIver] metabolism of fructose favors de novo lipogenesis [that is, the conversion of carbohydrates to fat].
"In addition, unlike glucose, fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion or enhance leptin production," they note.
"Because insulin and leptin act as key afferent signals in the regulation of food intake and body weight, this suggests that dietary fructose may contribute to increased energy intake and weight gain."
Comment: A recent study also found that fructose increases appetite, whereas glucose decreases appetite.
This is because fructose metabolism requires an enzyme that depletes ATP, the universal energy molecule, whereas, glucose increases ATP. Read the entire article | Email this article
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Average soda size is 2.5 times larger today than in the 1950’s, 16 oz vs 6.5 oz
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Two-thirds (66%) of all high fructose corn syrup consumed in the United States is through beverages
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HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Calories from milk reduced 38% in the US from 1977 to 2001
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Calories from sweetened beverages increased 2.4 fold from 1977 to 2001
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Calories from sweetened beverages plus milk increased calories by 278 per day from 1977 to 2001
Monday, April 06, 2009
Eliminating one sugar-sweetened drink per day caused a weight loss of 1.1 pounds after six months, .
Thursday, September 18, 2008
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Only 7-15% of sugar-sweetened beverages in the US consumed at school
"Schools are a limited source for sugar-sweetened beverages, suggesting that initiatives to restrict sugar-sweetened beverage sales in schools may have an only marginal impact on overall consumption," the authors of the paper concluded.
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SUGARY BEVERAGES
Calories from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice: 242 calories in 1994, 270 in 2004
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Calories from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice in 2-5 year-olds in US: 176 calories
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Calories from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice in 6-11 year-olds in US: 229 calories
SUGARY BEVERAGES
Calories from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice in 12-19 year-olds in US: 356 calories
"Children and adolescents today derive 10% to 15% of total calories from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice," the authors of the paper concluded. Read the entire article | Email this article
Thursday, August 21, 2008
SUGAR
Consumption of added sugars in the U.S. has increased 22% since early 1980’s
Monday, July 14, 2008
SUCROSE
High sucrose intake, mostly as sugary sodas, causes weight gain of 3.5 lbs in 2.5 months
The high-sucrose group increased their calorie intake by an average of 382 calories by the end of the study. Read the entire article | Email this article
Friday, February 29, 2008
SWEETENED BEVERAGES
Replacing sweetened beverages with water reduces calorie intake by 200 calories per day
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
SUGAR vs HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Sucrose-sweetened vs high-fructose sweetened colas have the same effect on hunger
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