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Sweet Poison, Why Sugar Makes Us Fat
by David Gillespie
This book scared the bejesus out of me! What if he's right and the obesity/diabetes type II/cancer epidemics ARE caused by fructose?! Fructose combined with glucose equals sucrose, or table sugar/honey/HFCS/agave etc. I am dying to call all the people I love (or frankly even like just a little bit) and demand that they Stop. Drinking. Soda. NOW. That crap is going to kill you in one way or another.
Basically (and I'm no science genius, so this is super simplified) he outlines how fructose behaves in the human body. It does not trigger the hormone leptin that tells you that you're full and to stop eating/drinking. When you eat an apple, your body will react to the carbs and fiber and tell you to stop. But you can drink gallons of Coke all day long and never feel full. You'll likely eat just as much food as you would without the gazillion liquid calories you're ingesting. AND THAT ISN'T EVEN THE BAD PART. Fructose also does not trigger insulin, meaning it does not get processed as other sugars. Instead, it gets turned into fatty acids that bumble around your bloodstream clogging things up. Turns out 'fat-free' is not going to save you from heart attacks or strokes after all.
I am considering a trial of no added sugars. I don't drink soda, so that part will be easy, but almost all processed foods in this country have added sugar or HFCS and I do have a bit of a sweet tooth...
Basically (and I'm no science genius, so this is super simplified) he outlines how fructose behaves in the human body. It does not trigger the hormone leptin that tells you that you're full and to stop eating/drinking. When you eat an apple, your body will react to the carbs and fiber and tell you to stop. But you can drink gallons of Coke all day long and never feel full. You'll likely eat just as much food as you would without the gazillion liquid calories you're ingesting. AND THAT ISN'T EVEN THE BAD PART. Fructose also does not trigger insulin, meaning it does not get processed as other sugars. Instead, it gets turned into fatty acids that bumble around your bloodstream clogging things up. Turns out 'fat-free' is not going to save you from heart attacks or strokes after all.
I am considering a trial of no added sugars. I don't drink soda, so that part will be easy, but almost all processed foods in this country have added sugar or HFCS and I do have a bit of a sweet tooth...