Sucrose (Sugar: the Bitter Truth lecture)
11/11/10 08:57 PM
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Hey guys
The other day I watched this lecture online, I'll link to the 90 minute video and a user who summarized the video in 11 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXCvduiAbs
So, basically, the point of the video is that sugar is the main cause of many problems which have been on the rise, like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
There is a long biochemical discussion on how glucose is metabolized differently than fructose, and basically that fructose bombards the liver and as a result produces increased appetite, insulin resistance, hypertension, and other bad effects. Both high fructose corn syrup and sucrose are roughly half fructose and half glucose (the lecturer makes basically no distinction), and the isolation of sugar in drinks and foods as well as the removal of fiber have magnified these effects
That's the basic idea of the video. What do you guys think of that theory? I'm curious to what Syl and other individuals who have problems with excessive fructose would have to say. One difference, as I understand from Syl, is that foods where fructose > glucose can be problematic for IBS, whereas foods where fructose = glucose not as much.
I still plan to reduce the amount of sugar in my diet. I have already begun doing this, and it's seemed to have had a positive effect
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