Pure White and Deadly - The Sugar conspiracy (or why the world's obese) ...

[Wafer]

Ah yeah, fair enough, I was thinking of shorter higher tempo stuff, completely missing your use of the word 'endurance'!

 

[classic33]

I haven't tried curing salmon without using sugar, but I would imagine the taste would be quite unpleasant.

As a few have said when they've cut sugar out.
Doesn't taste the same, that much I do know. A bit like comparing fresh to cured.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Is 'maktidextrin' a real word or a typo for 'maltodextrin'? I searched for the former and Google suggested the latter. I add maltodextrin to my drinks for long rides and wonder what that is doing to my insulin.

Thypo ....

 

[tyred]

Thypo ....

Why fon#t you klearm ti typ[e properlky and thern poof read iot?

 

[classic33]

So what/where does fructose do/go when it enters the body?

Slightly overweight people are believed to have a "reserve" that puts them lower down the scale than highly trained athletes, when it comes to the risk of heart attack.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

So what/where does fructose do/go when it enters the body?

Slightly overweight people are believed to have a "reserve" that puts them lower down the scale than highly trained athletes, when it comes to the risk of heart attack.

Fab Foodie explained the process nicely on the previous page even though he didn't mentioned Fructose by name. It is a sugar and therefore carbohydrate and the body turns it into glucose and zaps it into your bloodstream.

I don't know about the heart attack reserve.

 

[classic33]

Fab Foodie explained the process nicely on the previous page even though he didn't mentioned Fructose by name. It is a sugar and therefore carbohydrate and the body turns it into glucose and zaps it into your bloodstream.

I don't know about the heart attack reserve.

Sure about that part?

 

[subaqua]

I haven't tried curing salmon without using sugar, but I would imagine the taste would be quite unpleasant.

Try H Forman smoked salmon slices. Tesco sell them . Much nicer than tesco own .

 

[User169]

Fab Foodie explained the process nicely on the previous page even though he didn't mentioned Fructose by name. It is a sugar and therefore carbohydrate and the body turns it into glucose and zaps it into your bloodstream.

I don't know about the heart attack reserve.

Fructose and glucose are different sugar molecules. Both are monosaccharides and the two are stuck together in sucrose (table sugar). Fructose can be absorbed directly by the intestine. If you ingest sucrose, that gets cleaved by sucrase to fructose and glucose in the small intestine and then both get absorbed.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Sure about that part?

It appears not, as @DP kindly pointed out.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Fructose and glucose are different sugar molecules. Both are monosaccharides and the two are stuck together in sucrose (table sugar). Fructose can be absorbed directly by the intestine. If you ingest sucrose, that gets cleaved by sucrase to fructose and glucose in the small intestine and then both get absorbed.

Does fructose then go directly to the blood? What is the consequence?

 

[User169]

Does fructose then go directly to the blood? What is the consequence?

Yes, but it can only be processed in the liver. Fructose metabolism ultimately leads to the production of triglycerides which has been suggested to be a bad thing.

The wiki page has quite a lot on this.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Yes, but it can only be processed in the liver. Fructose metabolism ultimately leads to the production of triglycerides which has been suggested to be a bad thing.

The wiki page has quite a lot on this.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

[Fnaar]

Does a spoonful of sugar REALLY "help the medicine go down", or was Mary Poppins speaking a load of old pony?

 

[BigBeastie]

The obesity issue has loads of factors that contribute to it. Sugar is a massive part of it but not the only part.

This is worth a look - is a PDF so you can zoom in and see how many things affect our weight:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa..._data/file/296290/obesity-map-full-hi-res.pdf

The fantastically names Brian Wansink is worth looking out for as well - "Bottomless Soup Bowl":
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRCQPpIa8KQ