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[Fox]

This fellow seems to think that the results of this study are being misinterpreted by lay people. The lesson he suggests you should take away from it is, "Don't overeat because it leads to insulin resistance and brain trouble; and a new study in rats suggests DHA could offer protection if you do."

[World Traveler]

The World Health Organization says your daily sugar intake should be just 5 percent of your total calories — half of what the agency previously recommended, according to new draft guidelines published Wednesday.

After a review of about 9,000 studies, WHO's expert panel says dropping sugar intake to that level will combat obesity and cavities. That includes sugars added to foods and those present in honey, syrups and fruit juices, but not those occurring naturally in fruits.

http://news.yahoo.com/5-percent-calories-sugar-161818103.html

[World Traveler]

Americans Say Sugar Is More Harmful Than Marijuana
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/infographic-americans-say-sugar-more-harmful-marijuana-n51616

This is great news! America knows what's up! I hope this influences other countries (and it almost certainly will as the United States is the cultural leader of the world). Some places may be slow to come around, but perceptions are changing worldwide.

[ricochet]

so i have to divorce my honey again!

[World Traveler]

LOS ANGELES (CBS Las Vegas) – According to a recent study, not only does eating too much junk food lead to obesity, it can also make you mentally slower or less motivated.

Researchers at UCLA tested rats on two different diets. Half the rats were given a healthy diet which consisted of ground corn and fish meal. The other rats were given an unhealthy diet of high sugar and high processed foods.

After about three months, researchers noticed major differences between the two groups of rats. They found the rats on junk food were not only more overweight that the rats on the healthy diet, but they were also less motivated. Researchers indicated that a poor diet had an impact on their brain.

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/04/09/study-junk-food-can-cause-laziness/

[Jongno2bucheon]

[Scorpion]

Sugar causes brain damage? That makes sense. It explains why so many tea party types are chronically overweight. Weight gain and brain damage. It all makes sense now.

[World Traveler]

[World Traveler]

New movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUbvOwwfWM

[World Traveler]

Aside from adding excess pounds to your body, your sweet tooth may also be adding years to your face. "Internally, sugar molecules attach themselves to protein fibers in each of our cells," said Dr. Susan Stuart, a San Diego, Calif. board-certified dermatologist. This damaging process, known as glycation, can result in a loss of radiance, dark circles under the eyes, loss of tone, puffiness, an increase in fine lines and wrinkles and a loss of facial contours and increased pore size. Pass on the sugary treats if you want to preserve your youthful glow.

[ghostrider]

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[ghostrider]

"In an earlier newsletter, I wrote about P. A. Piorry in Paris, in 1864, and Dr. William Budd in England, in 1867, who treated diabetes by adding a large amount of ordinary sugar, sucrose, to the patient's diet. Glucose was known to be the sugar appearing in the diabetics' urine, but sucrose consists of half glucose, and half fructose. In 1874, E. Kulz in Germany reported that diabetics could assimilate fructose better than glucose. In the next decades there were several more reports on the benefits of feeding fructose, including the reduction of glucose in the urine. With the discovery of insulin in 1922, fructose therapy was practically forgotten, until the 1950s when new manufacturing techniques began to make it economical to use."

and

"Many studies have found that sucrose is less fattening than starch or glucose, that is, that more calories can be consumed without gaining weight. During exercise, the addition of fructose to glucose increases the oxidation of carbohydrate by about 50% (Jentjens and Jeukendrup, 2005). In another experiment, rats were fed either sucrose or Coca-Cola and Purina chow, and were allowed to eat as much as they wanted (Bukowiecki, et al, 1983). They consumed 50% more calories without gaining extra weight, relative to the standard diet. Ruzzin, et al. (2005) observed rats given a 10.5% or 35% sucrose solution, or water, and observed that the sucrose increased their energy consumption by about 15% without increasing weight gain. Macor, et al. (1990) found that glucose caused a smaller increase in metabolic rate in obese people than in normal weight people, but that fructose increased their metabolic rate as much as it did that of the normal weight people."

and

"When the idea of 'glycemic index' was being popularized by dietitians, it was already known that starch, consisting of chains of glucose molecules, had a much higher index than fructose and sucrose. The more rapid appearance of glucose in the blood stimulates more insulin, and insulin stimulates fat synthesis, when there is more glucose than can be oxidized immediately."
http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/sugar-issues.shtml

So sugar can be used to treat diabetes. Sugar is associated with less fat gain than starchy foods (like bread or rice). Sugar has a lower GI. I think sugar is being unfairly demonized now just like saturated fat was for decades.

[KimchiNinja]