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Plus maple and other tree

EmmaZahn — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:55:15 +0000

In reply to I remember a really clever

Plus maple and other tree syrups; sorghrum; sugar cane....just thinking of other sweet things available and preservable by drying. Fruits, berries, vegetables and grains as well as meat.

Pemmican recipe:

1 cup dried lean meat

1 cup dried fruit or berries

1 cup melted animal fat

The right wants us all to

cmaukonen — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:54:46 +0000

In reply to Or maybe:Sugar, the new

The right wants us all to become born again Christians and the left wants us all to become born again vegans.

Can I stand the strain.

I remember a really clever

Donal — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:30:21 +0000

In reply to Is Sugar Toxic?

I remember a really clever comment someone made in a discussion of diets. Someone was trying to justify complex carbohydrate diets as being more natural, and the reply was that cavemen didn't find many large plates of pasta in their natural environment. Likewise, their only sources of high fructose sugar were probably small amounts of honey and tree sap, only found at certain times of the year.

Or maybe:Sugar, the new

EmmaZahn — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:17:00 +0000

In reply to "Your body cannot tell the

Or maybe:

Sugar, the new tobacco.

This sounds suspiciously like just another advocacy group scare campaign, more about raising cash than raising awareness. Not that tobacco is a good thing; just that the claims against it are beginning to strain credulity.

"Your body cannot tell the

Verified Atheist — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:16:12 +0000

In reply to I keep yelling at my TV set

"Your body cannot tell the difference"

I think Lustig/Donal's response (and I'm not disagreeing) might be to the degree that's true, it's indicative of how bad regular sugar is, not how un-bad "corn sugar" is. (Don't tell me you don't like by double negatives!)

I've got a new slogan for them:

Corn sugar: it's better for you than arsenic!

I keep yelling at my TV set

mageduley — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:52:55 +0000

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I keep yelling at my TV set every time I see a "corn sugar" (aka HFCS) commercial. Their newest attempt at re-branding is the slogan "Your body cannot tell the difference" referring to the difference between regular white sugar and HFCS.

I keep thinking, "Really? Tell your liver that."

Dr. Lustig also states that

mageduley — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:40:06 +0000

In reply to I'm at a place where I can't

Dr. Lustig also states that it is the fiber in the flesh of the fruit that helps block some of the absorption of the fructose in whole fruits. So for example, the fructose from a whole apple is not anywhere near as harmful as apple juice where the fiber has been removed leaving only the fructose behind.

You have to remember

cmaukonen — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:30:15 +0000

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You have to remember something here. What we call sugar these days. That white crystalline stuff, is pretty much a twentieth century invention. What sugar use to be before the refining got to the point it is now, was a brownish substance with most of the other cane juice still in and was not used nearly as much as we use it today.

I had a grandmother who flat out refused to use white sugar.

Not so much. Fruit-based

Donal — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:36:34 +0000

In reply to I'm at a place where I can't

Not so much. Fruit-based fructose takes longer to reach and assault the liver than that contained in liquids or candy. I suppose one could grow fat binging on peaches and mangos, though.

I'm at a place where I can't

Verified Atheist — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:24:19 +0000

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I'm at a place where I can't watch the video, so I have to ask, is he against us eating fructose-laden fruit?