There's some mention in the article that high fructose corn syrup increases triglycerides in the blood stream.
larry On 3/7/06, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there's some research out there about how the body metabolizes high > fructose corn syrup - the main ingredient in most soda - and how the body is > want to store it as fat. But, I haven't confirmed it. > > I think part of the issue, really is that we raise our kids now to expect > all things to be sweet. When they're thirsty, they're given juice or soda. > How many little kids do you see walking around with sippy cups of water? I > think they're probably the exception to the norm. > > The other day I was in the grocery store. There we were with our cart full > of fruits/veggies/whole grains/organics and in front of us was an overweight > mom with her obese child (who was maybe 9). He's standing there with a > family size bag of gummy worms, happily slurping them down one after the > other. I felt so bad for the kid - it's not his fault that he has a parent > that thinks that's acceptable nutrition. But, it will be his life-long > weight struggle, no doubt, because his young body is acclimated to eating > junk. > > On 3/6/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Right, but that's not really what I was talking about... The effect of > > what goes in varries from one substance to the next, and so it's > > logical to assume that one substance will cause more weight than > > another when every other variable (excercise and amount of substance > > being key here) is held in stasis. If you regression test it, doesn't > > fat content contribute to weight gain more than the "empty calories" > > of simple sugar? (Part of the reason I never bought into diet sodas -- > > they taste like crap and are possibly carcinogenic in an attempt to > > solve a problem that I suspect they largely don't contribute to in the > > first place.) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199121 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
