January 6, 2010

If you have any weight/diet issues, watch this video below. Watch it carefully, and with your full attention. Okay, so it's 90 minutes long. So what! You're going to eat for the rest of your life -- might as well do so much more healthfully.

This is a lecture from a college professor-- Robert H. Lustig, MD, of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of California, San Francisco. It will enlighten you and deepen your commitment to avoid sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.

I can add support to the weightloss effect of eliminating soft drinks.

A man at my church in an effort to save money that he could donate, cut out soft drinks and Skyline. Without doing anything else to shed pounds, he lost 137 pounds in 18 months.

Our Greatest Calorie Overload -- HFCS

With the upturn in the outdoor temperature and thus more perspiration-producing activities you’re likely to reach for liquid refreshment. Drink water and don’t touch a soft drink.

There are many benefits of water and a zillion hazards with high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener found in most sodas, fruit juice, baked goods, canned fruits, dairy products, cookies, gum, jam, jellies, pickles and many other processed foods.

Ice water burns calories to raise it to core body temperature.

An osteopathic physician, Dr. Joseph Mercola, writes on his website:

“Scientists have clearly linked the rising HFCS consumption to the epidemics of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in the U.S., and medical researchers have pinpointed various health dangers associated with the consumption of HFCS compared to regular sugar.”

Jordan Rubin, mastermind of The Maker’s Diet and architect of Perfect Weight America, says “The problem with HFCS is that the body handles fructose differently than all other sugars. Fructose does not stimulate leptin, the hormone that tell you “I’m full”. In fat, it reduces ghrelin hormone levels, which tell you “I’m still hungry”. Fructose propels the liver into fat-promoting mode by activating the formation of enymes that lead to elevated levels of “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides.”

In speaking about what to look for on food lables, Dr. Michael Roizen told Oprah the typical American can shed 33 pounds in a year by eliminating HFCS.

The average, 64-ounce "Big Gulp" non-diet sweet drink sold at convenience amounts to 800 calories. And if you listen to researchers such as Dr. Elizabeth Parks of the University of Texas, it goes straight to fat.

Dr. Parks was lead author of a study on fructose, published in the Journal of Nutrition:

"Our study shows for the first time the surprising speed with which humans make body fat from fructose. Once you start the process of fat synthesis from fructose, it's hard to slow it down. The bottom line of this study is that fructose very quickly gets made into fat in your body."

Additionally, authorities contend HFCS metabolizes to triglycerides and adipose tissue, not blood glucose. Elevated blood levels of triglycerides, known as hypertriglyceridemia, puts us at an increased risk of heart disease.

And one of the most thorough scientific analyses published to date on this topic found that fructose consumption leads to decreased signaling to your central nervous system from the hormones leptin and insulin which regulate how much food you eat, as well as your body weight.

 Decreased insulin and leptin signaling is also a main cause of diabetes and a host of other obesity-related conditions.

Fresh fruit contains natural fructose and includes enzymes, vitamins and minerals needed to assimilate the fructose. Fruit is not likely to be a problem for most people unless diabetes or obesity is an issue.

The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) is waging a publicity campaign in defense of HFCS, setting up a website, SweetSurprise. Opponents would say this is like Phillip-Morriss defending tobacco.

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