In some sweet news for sugar, at least in comparison to one sugar substitute,(and at least for rats) researchers at Princeton have found that rats with access to high fructose corn syrup experienced a
greater increase in body weight, body fat and triglyceride levels than
those with access to sucrose or table sugar. The Daily Princetonian reports on two recent studies: In one, research showed that rats fed a diet of water sweetened with high
fructose corn syrup for eight weeks, in addition to rat chow, gained
more weight than those who drank water mixed with table sugar. The second study, which examined the long term effects of high fructose
corn syrup consumption, followed rats over a period of six months. The
rats drinking the corn syrup solution had higher abdominal body fat than
the sucrose solution group.
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This isn’t news. It’s long been known that fructose doesn’t convert to glycogen as efficiently as sucrose and glucose. At least it’s been know and written about for years in Muscle and Fitness, Flex, and the like. If the researchers at Princeton started their research in gym they could have found out much sooner. HELLO, SUGAR IS BAD FOR YOU!
Everybody I correspond with knows that sugar is better for you than High Fructose Corn Syrup. Even though sugar in any form is not good for the human body, at least give those of us that do consume sweets occasionally, the option of Real Sugar. Even if we have to pay a little more, for a real sugar sweetened product, we will not have to consume H.F.C.S. if we don’t want to.
Research can be confusing. Please consider what nutrition experts have to say about the Princeton study before accepting the results.
“So, I’m skeptical. I don’t think the study produces convincing evidence of a difference between the effects of HFCS and sucrose on the body weight of rats. I’m afraid I have to agree with the Corn Refiners on this one. So does HFCS make rats fat? Sure if you feed them too many calories altogether. Sucrose will do that too.†Marion Nestle, Ph.D., Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, New York University http://cli.gs/Jrsys <http://cli.gs/Jrsys>
“This study is poorly designed and poorly controlled and does not prove or even suggest that HFCS is more likely to lead to obesity than sucrose [table sugar].†Karen Teff, Ph.D., Associate Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine http://bit.ly/bkD52b <http://bit.ly/bkD52b>
Consumers are being misled into thinking that there are nutritional differences between high fructose corn syrup and sugar, when in fact they are nutritionally the same. Whether from cane, beets, or corn, a sugar is a sugar. Read what other experts have to say about sweetener switching. http://bit.ly/bkD52b <http://bit.ly/bkD52b>
You can also learn more about high fructose corn syrup at http://www.SweetSurprise.com http://www.SweetSurprise.com.
Audrae Erickson, Corn Refiners Association