Fri, Apr-23-04, 13:05
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Plan: Atkins
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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Originally Posted by woodpecker
This article has other inconsistencies too. The USDA reports 388 grams of carbohydrate consumption per person in 1970, moving to 500 grams by 1995.
Also, HF corn syrup may wear down body organs, but it doesn't stimulate insulin production. I don't think it would be considered highly glycemic. It's different than sugar.
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HFCS is Half Fructose, Half Glucose...or more accurately 45:55 or vice versa depending on the refiner. Fructose is Low Glycemic, about 20. Glucose is high Glycemic, about 100. HFCS is moderate to high Glycemic, about 56-65, or slightly less than White Sugar, which is about 68. The Fructose component doesn't need insulin, but the Glucose component does. The Fructose does not affect hunger, positively or negatively. The Glucose component offers temporary satiation. So, you get less than half of the temporary satiation of White Sugar, yet still get the same crash a couple hours later. Net effect is you eat more Calories with HFCS than if you'd eaten Sucrose instead.
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