I've been reading labels to no avail.
I read an article about how bad fructose is for us.
Here is part of the article:
Fructose is one F-word that should really offend you.
The sweet half of sugar (as opposed to glucose, its more acceptable partner), is one of the biggest causes of “metabolic syndrome,” says Robert H. Lustig, MD, author of the new best-selling book, Fat Chance.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions, like obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure, that essentially leads to most of the diseases that cause early death among Americans—like heart disease, cancer, and dementia. And when it comes to the cause, “fructose is the big kahuna,” Dr. Lustig says.
“Glucose can be metabolized by every cell in the body,” he explains, “but only the liver can metabolize fructose.” So when too much shows up for the party, the liver can’t handle the volume. Here are three reasons that’s bad news for your health:
1. Fructose raises insulin levels. While the liver turns glucose into energy reserves your body can use, it can’t do that with fructose, so the sugar overwhelms the organ. This causes a chain of events that leads to insulin resistance in the liver, which means the pancreas has to release extra insulin. Excess insulin has lots of unwanted effects: it can force extra energy into fat cells, leading to obesity, drive the growth of certain cancers, and more.
2. Fructose creates fat. Since the liver can’t convert fructose into glycogen (the aforementioned energy reserves), it sends it straight to the mitochondria, your cells’ energy-burning factories. “This presents the mitochondria with more energy than they can possibly deal with,” Dr. Lustig says. “They have no choice but to take that excess energy and turn it into fat in the liver.” That fat can then be exported into the blood as triglycerides, which promote heart disease and obesity.
3. Fructose makes you eat more. ....
http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2013/02/19/sugar-science-3-ways-fructose-wreaks-havoc-on-your-health/#
Then they go on to talk about 5 sources of fructose where you might not expect it, such as in Bread, Salad Dressing, Orange Juice, Cereal and Yogurt. Seemingly healthy choices are not always so healthy.
So, I'm reading labels and listed in the ingredients I see "Natural Flavors" on two artificially sweetened drink products (diet coke and propel). What the heck is natural flavors? Plus all the other ingredients that I've never heard of. It doesn’t help that the food industry has over 40 names for sugar—from the obvious “fructose” to the much trickier “evaporated cane juice” or “carob syrup.”
To say the least I'm frustrated with labels.
I read an article about how bad fructose is for us.
Here is part of the article:
Fructose is one F-word that should really offend you.
The sweet half of sugar (as opposed to glucose, its more acceptable partner), is one of the biggest causes of “metabolic syndrome,” says Robert H. Lustig, MD, author of the new best-selling book, Fat Chance.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions, like obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure, that essentially leads to most of the diseases that cause early death among Americans—like heart disease, cancer, and dementia. And when it comes to the cause, “fructose is the big kahuna,” Dr. Lustig says.
“Glucose can be metabolized by every cell in the body,” he explains, “but only the liver can metabolize fructose.” So when too much shows up for the party, the liver can’t handle the volume. Here are three reasons that’s bad news for your health:
1. Fructose raises insulin levels. While the liver turns glucose into energy reserves your body can use, it can’t do that with fructose, so the sugar overwhelms the organ. This causes a chain of events that leads to insulin resistance in the liver, which means the pancreas has to release extra insulin. Excess insulin has lots of unwanted effects: it can force extra energy into fat cells, leading to obesity, drive the growth of certain cancers, and more.
2. Fructose creates fat. Since the liver can’t convert fructose into glycogen (the aforementioned energy reserves), it sends it straight to the mitochondria, your cells’ energy-burning factories. “This presents the mitochondria with more energy than they can possibly deal with,” Dr. Lustig says. “They have no choice but to take that excess energy and turn it into fat in the liver.” That fat can then be exported into the blood as triglycerides, which promote heart disease and obesity.
3. Fructose makes you eat more. ....
http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2013/02/19/sugar-science-3-ways-fructose-wreaks-havoc-on-your-health/#
Then they go on to talk about 5 sources of fructose where you might not expect it, such as in Bread, Salad Dressing, Orange Juice, Cereal and Yogurt. Seemingly healthy choices are not always so healthy.
So, I'm reading labels and listed in the ingredients I see "Natural Flavors" on two artificially sweetened drink products (diet coke and propel). What the heck is natural flavors? Plus all the other ingredients that I've never heard of. It doesn’t help that the food industry has over 40 names for sugar—from the obvious “fructose” to the much trickier “evaporated cane juice” or “carob syrup.”
To say the least I'm frustrated with labels.
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That is truly bizarre. I hope it is false ...I hope I hope. I've noticed natural flavorings on multiple labels of things I eat regularly. I hope someone is trying to prank us all. I will look into this and if I find more I will report back here.
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