Myth-Busting “Natural” Sweeteners. It’s about FRUCTOSE, darlin’! BEWARE when a sweetener claims to be “natural” or “low glycemic”. Don’t be fooled. Sugar is sugar no matter what form it’s in. Is the Sugar in Fruit Dangerous to My Health? Fooducate community member @sunsky16 messaged us with a question that many of you may be asking yourselves: “Is Sugar Found In Fruit Bad? I heard bananas are bad for you because of the high amount of sugar, is this true?” The short answer is NO. The Fat Switch – The Power of Lifestyle A new book, The Fat Switch, was recently released. It is a timely book. As you may know, the number of overweight people in our country has grown to the point that today, more than two-thirds of us fall into that category. We’re now entering the holiday season when weight gain sneaks up on us, so this is a good time to learn about the fat switch.
To Lose and Keep Off Weight, Turn Off Your Body's 'Fat Switch' Most people don't think about fat insects or hibernating animals when they talk about the cause of obesity, so it's refreshing to see a book that tackles obesity as a normal process that all animals have learned. In his new book The Fat Switch, Richard J. Johnson, a professor of medicine and head of the division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at the University of Colorado-Denver, argues that obesity is a process animals have used to protect themselves during periods of food shortage, and that they have learned to "flip" a switch when they want to gain weight.
Video: This Common Food Ingredient Can Really Mess Up Your Metabolism (DrMercola) – What if you were to learn that every day, 25 percent of your calories came from a poison, disguised as a food? And what if you discovered that this chemical imposter was responsible for your insulin resistance and weight gain? And elevated blood pressure … And elevated triglycerides and LDL … And depletion of vitamins and minerals … And even gout, heart disease and liver damage? What if you were to discover that this toxic substance had been dumped into your food in gradually increasing quantities for the last thirty years, with the full knowledge and blessings of the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the USDA and the FDA? Would you be angry?
Is Fructose Bad for You? Here's Why Fructose May Be Worse Than Sugar The Atkins diet and a traditional Japanese diet may seem about as far apart as two diets can get: Atkins is low-carb/high-fat while Japanese is high-carb/low-fat. But they both work to promote weight loss and they do have one thing in common: They eliminate the simple sugar known as fructose. But is fructose bad for you? You may think of fructose (and sugar in general) as empty calories. Sucrose vs Glucose vs Fructose: What's the Difference? If you’re trying to cut back on sugar, you may wonder whether the type of sugar matters. Sucrose, glucose and fructose are three types of sugar that contain the same number of calories gram for gram. They’re all found naturally in fruits, vegetables, dairy products and grains but also added to many processed foods.
The 4 Best, and 3 Worst, Sweeteners to Have in Your Kitchen Stevia, Xylitol … Splenda or real sugar? Hear what the experts say, get informed Below is a fascinating article written by By Dr. Mercola (drmercola.com) comparing the various sweeteners, the good, the bad — and the downright dangerous The Truth About Fructose Scientists have proved for the first time that fructose, a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks, can damage human metabolism and is fueling the obesity crisis. Fructose, a sweetener usually derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease. Over 10 weeks, 16 volunteers on a controlled diet including high levels of fructose produced new fat cells around their heart, liver and other digestive organs. They also showed signs of food-processing abnormalities linked to diabetes and heart disease.
Is Fructose Actually Bad For You? 5 Truths You Need to Know Over the last 10-15 years, there has been a lot of discussion about the role that fructose plays in many of our chronic health issues, including obesity, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and many others. However, most of these discussions are a lot of hype and some hyperbole. Here are five things you should know about fructose and if it is bad for you. Natural sugars are the way to go: But is fructose good or bad for health? Fructose is a naturally-occurring form of simple sugar which still constitutes 50% of the sucrose found in refined table sugar | Photo credit: Pexels Studies claim that when consumed in moderation, fructose cannot be named a public health concern If a person is trying to lose weight, low-glycemic fruits like papaya, watermelon, strawberries, guava and kiwi are recommended Fructose does not result in the release of insulin or leptin New Delhi: Sugar is the unsaid culprit for most conditions – be it obesity, diabetes and inflammation-drive digestive woes.
Is Fructose Bad for You? The Surprising Truth Fructose is a type of simple sugar that makes up 50% of table sugar (sucrose). Table sugar also consists of glucose, which is the main energy source for your body’s cells. However, fructose needs to be converted into glucose by the liver before it can be used by the body. It’s also found in various sugary sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup and agave syrup. If a product lists added sugar as one of its main ingredients, you can be pretty sure it’s high in fructose. Before the mass production of refined sugar, humans rarely consumed it in high amounts. untitled The first signs of insufficient sleep are universally familiar. There’s tiredness and fatigue, difficulty concentrating, perhaps irritability or even tired giggles. Far fewer people have experienced the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation, including disorientation, paranoia, and hallucinations.
How To Make an RSS Feed from a Forum Thread We spend a lot of our online time in an RSS reader, but not everything we want to follow has an RSS feed. There are web apps to monitor pages for changes, but forum threads spill over onto many pages – how can you get an RSS feed for a specific thread? The trick to doing this is by using a common feature of most forum software: thread subscriptions. Typically these can be set up to email you whenever a new post is made – we’re going to take those emails and generate an RSS feed from them. There are a few web apps out there that claim to be able to generate RSS feeds from your email, but none that we tried worked well in our testing.