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Old May 19th, 2012, 02:17 AM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Bill O'Meally
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Default Sugar can make you dumb!

On 2012-05-16 11:39:44 -0500, Dogman said:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-...190918006.html


snip

Interesting article. I'll assume you posted the article to prompt
discussion, rather than to flame two other posters :-)

I will say that I found the conclusions flawed. First, I would have had
further control groups: One who also got the flax seed oil/DHA but NO
high fructose corn syrup. If the two groups that got the omega-3
suppliments did comparable, we could surmise that it was that the
supplement that helped them do better, rather than the HFCS that made
their group do badly.

Also, I would have liked to have seen a group get a sucrose solution to
compare that to the HFCS. I'd love to see further scientific evidence
to help shut up those ads about how HFCS is "just sugar", and is
actually good for you.
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(The Wise will remove 'se' to reach me. The Foolish will not)

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Old May 19th, 2012, 03:05 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Bill O'Meally
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Default Sugar can make you dumb!

On 2012-05-18 20:37:41 -0500, Dogman said:

On Fri, 18 May 2012 20:17:17 -0500, Bill O'Meally
wrote:

I'd love to see further scientific evidence
to help shut up those ads about how HFCS is "just sugar", and is
actually good for you.


I think Dr. Lustig (among others) does a good job of setting the
record straight regarding HFCS, fructose/sugar, etc. Ever seen his
videos? Read his papers? I think most people are getting the message.
The rest don't seem to care, and they have a right to eat what they
want, IMO. It's their lives.


Thanks for the lead Dogman. Here's an article by Taubes on Lustig I
found (long). He suggests, among other things, that there is no
difference in the toxicity between HFCS and sucrose due to the fructose
component, but that starches are actually OK due to their lack of
fructose. Still, I'm not about to go eat a potato!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/ma...pagewanted=all

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Old May 19th, 2012, 04:57 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Dogman
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Default Sugar can make you dumb!

On Sat, 19 May 2012 09:05:04 -0500, Bill O'Meally
wrote:

[...]
Thanks for the lead Dogman. Here's an article by Taubes on Lustig I
found (long). He suggests, among other things, that there is no
difference in the toxicity between HFCS and sucrose due to the fructose
component,


Since sugar (sucrose) is ~ 50% fructose...

but that starches are actually OK due to their lack of
fructose. Still, I'm not about to go eat a potato!


I think this is where it depends on the individual. Some people can
eat starches and do okay, others can't.

Generally, though, I think most people should restrict their starch
consumption, especially if they don't exercise regularly.

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about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman
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Old May 20th, 2012, 02:31 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Doug Freyburger
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Default Sugar can make you dumb!

Bill O'Meally wrote:
Dogman cited:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-...190918006.html


Interesting article. I'll assume you posted the article to prompt
discussion, rather than to flame two other posters :-)


When I read the article I thought it was a flame by scientists who
conducted the experiment, goot too little result to really mean
anything, flamed as their article.

Also, I would have liked to have seen a group get a sucrose solution to
compare that to the HFCS. I'd love to see further scientific evidence
to help shut up those ads about how HFCS is "just sugar", and is
actually good for you.


There are studies where groups of rats are fed the same number of
calories of different types of sugars. The groups that get more
fructose do gain more weight than the groups that get more glucose. The
effect by type of sugar is tiny compared to eating too much sugar of
any sort.

Eat far less sugar and it stops mattering what type. The fact that
fruits that have sugar in them are beneficial to people who have never
gotten fat in the first place teaches us that fructose or any other type
of sugar is not evil in an of itself. When overused it becomes toxic.
But once overused it stays toxic at even small doses and that's why
those of us who are natural low carbers need to keep any sugar intake
low.
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Old May 21st, 2012, 03:08 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
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Default Sugar can make you dumb!

On May 18, 9:37*pm, Dogman wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2012 20:17:17 -0500, Bill O'Meally

wrote:
On 2012-05-16 11:39:44 -0500, Dogman said:


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-...190918006.html


snip


Interesting article. I'll assume you posted the article to prompt
discussion, rather than to flame two other posters :-)


Just an FYI, Bill.

And I'm flaming two other posters, because they flamed me, calling me
a "loon," moron," etc.

My rule, not exactly the Golden Rule, is: "Do unto others as they do
unto you."

[...]



Yes you're such a swell and reasonable guy that
you started a whole new thread with an entirely
different topic just to flame folks. That's the
sure sign of a guy with lots of class. And I haven't
resorted to foul language either, as you just did in this post.





 




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