watching my HighFructose Sugar ...anyone else?
KimColvin1
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I'm trying not to use the word diet, but my weight is up and I'm concerned about all the sugar that is in my food that I was unaware of!
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I always read labels when buying processed foods so I'm very aware of sugar content. I don't worry a lot about it since I don't eat a lot of processed foods but it is something I take note of, so I guess you could say I watch it.1
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I like to avoid it if I can but I focus more on calories and meeting my protein goal more than anything else.1
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Not one I watch as it would eliminate most of the fruit I eat.0
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fructose is fructose, right?0
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Not one I watch as it would eliminate most of the fruit I eat.
This^
fruc•tose [ˈfrəkˌtōs, ˈfrəkˌtōz]
NOUN
A hexose sugar found especially in honey and fruit.
That may be what she meant.....but it wasn't worded that way.
OP - all the hysteria on HFCS has largely been discounted.....
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/high-fructose-corn-syrup/faq-200582011 -
I don't touch the high fructose corn syrup. I'm kind of overly cautious, though. I don't really do sugar unless it's naturally occurring in fruit and such.1
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »I always read labels when buying processed foods so I'm very aware of sugar content. I don't worry a lot about it since I don't eat a lot of processed foods but it is something I take note of, so I guess you could say I watch it.
This.
I find most things I buy with added sugar have cane sugar anyway, and don't really think there's a significant difference, but I admit I find the whole influence of corn in our food market kind of weird/bothersome so have a tendency to avoid foods with HFCS/added corn and save my corn consumption for delicious, in-season sweet corn. I'm sure I eat some corn-fed animals, though, and various things with added corn, corn syrup, HFCS on occasion. I am not defending this as totally defensible vs. just my personal thing.4 -
I eat 3 pieces of fruit per day the fiber in it l think is beneficial and the natural sweetness gives me energy. I have been trying to wipe how the High Fructose Corn Syrup that is added to my foods. For instance, going through the fridge even my shredded chees and Miracle Whip has it included. I don't eat many processed foods, either, but I do know the USA is the only country that allows it to be added to our foods. We are a pretty obese country coincidence? I think not!0
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No, I track calories. Too many calories make you fat.0
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I feel certain there are different kind of calories. if you have 1,200 calories and don't have a balance of protein, vegetables, fruit, and even a little fat--I think I would have a hard time maintaining this plan for the long haul. I am trying to find a plan I can live with and not a fad diet.
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A calorie is a calorie. Macros matter to a point but it's always going to be CICO.1
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KimColvin1 wrote: »I eat 3 pieces of fruit per day the fiber in it l think is beneficial and the natural sweetness gives me energy. I have been trying to wipe how the High Fructose Corn Syrup that is added to my foods. For instance, going through the fridge even my shredded chees and Miracle Whip has it included. I don't eat many processed foods, either, but I do know the USA is the only country that allows it to be added to our foods. We are a pretty obese country coincidence? I think not!
Think you need to look more at your whole diet rather than one ingredient....
"Both HFCS and sucrose—better known as table sugar—contain similar amounts of fructose. For instance, the two most commonly used types of HFCS are HFCS-42 and HFCS-55, which are 42 and 55 percent fructose, respectively. Sucrose is almost chemically identical, containing 50 percent fructose. This is why the University of California at Davis scientists determined fructose intakes from both HFCS and sucrose. The truth is, there’s no evidence to show any differences in these two types of sugar. Both will cause weight gain when consumed in excess."
- Alan Aragon
Cutting sugar (in general) is certainly one way to reduce your calorie consumption and reading ingredient lists is very revealing. But really sugar is sugar is sugar. Yes fruit carries other nutrition benefits but that's not making one kind of sugar any better/worse than another.
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KimColvin1 wrote: »I eat 3 pieces of fruit per day the fiber in it l think is beneficial and the natural sweetness gives me energy. I have been trying to wipe how the High Fructose Corn Syrup that is added to my foods. For instance, going through the fridge even my shredded chees and Miracle Whip has it included. I don't eat many processed foods, either, but I do know the USA is the only country that allows it to be added to our foods. We are a pretty obese country coincidence? I think not!
Completely false. Japan uses HCFS, as does many European countries.
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Beware of anything ending in the letters "cose" (eg fructose, glucose) - especially if you're talking processed foods. Also, sugars are hidden in the list of ingredients by "aspertame, stevia and truvia". In general, the only sugars I get are from fruits and vegetables - that's why I shop the perimeter of the store and never the middle where the landmines lay.1
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Calories come from several directions, and HFCS is one of the the more delectable directions. MFP doesn't make it easy to track HFCS, so I just observe the macros it does offer and manage to lose weight. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I stay in a calorie deficit.2
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Raptor2763 wrote: »Beware of anything ending in the letters "cose" (eg fructose, glucose) - especially if you're talking processed foods. Also, sugars are hidden in the list of ingredients by "aspertame, stevia and truvia". In general, the only sugars I get are from fruits and vegetables - that's why I shop the perimeter of the store and never the middle where the landmines lay.
SO much wrong here. Artificial sweetener is not sugar. You will find that same "cose" in your fruits and your body does not differentiate one from another.3 -
KimColvin1 wrote: »I feel certain there are different kind of calories. if you have 1,200 calories and don't have a balance of protein, vegetables, fruit, and even a little fat--I think I would have a hard time maintaining this plan for the long haul. I am trying to find a plan I can live with and not a fad diet.
"Even a little fat." This comes from the old school of dieting (I was there too). Old school - saturated fat was the enemy, trans fat wasn't even on the radar yet. Dietary fat doesn't make you fat. In fact it's very beneficial.
Also, 1200 is a default minimum (before exercise). There are some very petite or elderly women that need to go this low. But most of us can lose weight & eat a little more. If 1200 is a struggle.....then choose a less aggressive weekly goal. Either way, something you can live with for awhile.2 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
SO much wrong here. Artificial sweetener is not sugar. You will find that same "cose" in your fruits and your body does not differentiate one from another.
Also some wrong here. Different sugars are processed differently in the gut.1 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Also some wrong here. Different sugars are processed differently in the gut.
No, not really. All excess will make you gain weight anyway.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Also some wrong here. Different sugars are processed differently in the gut.
Unless you are doing endurance cardio and trying to get the maximum amount of calories in per hour (2:1 glucose/fructose ratio for example) it really doesn't make any effective difference.2 -
Unless you are doing endurance cardio and trying to get the maximum amount of calories in per hour (2:1 glucose/fructose ratio for example) it really doesn't make any effective difference.
No matter what we do that statement was still incorrect.0 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
No, not really. All excess will make you gain weight anyway.
Yes really. Your second sentence is correct but that doesn't make our bodies process all sugars the same. Our bodies are a lot more complicated than how much we weigh.1 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Yes really. Your second sentence is correct but that doesn't make our bodies process all sugars the same. Our bodies are a lot more complicated than how much we weigh.
Um. ok. You have your opinion and I will have mine.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
No matter what we do that statement was still incorrect.
Agree - factually incorrect. But it's irrelevant which receptors take up which kind of sugar if you are a dieter solely concerned with calorie balance.2 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
Um. ok. You have your opinion and I will have mine.
How the body works isn't opinion.1 -
Agree - factually incorrect. But it's irrelevant which receptors take up which kind of sugar if you are a dieter solely concerned with calorie balance.
Agreed. Though the post to which the incorrect reply was given didn't say that was all they were worried about.0 -
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Agreed. Though the post to which the incorrect reply was given didn't say that was all they were worried about.
Yep - landmines in supermarkets!
Sounds like a tough neighbourhood......
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