Category Archives: High Fructose Corn Syrup

High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Trans Fats and Fructose: The Slow March to The Grave

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The Western diet is increasingly being implicated in the development of Western lifestyle disease such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer and dementia. Investigators have analysed the components of the Western diet and found that the lack of … Continue reading →

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High Fructose Corn Syrup

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Robert Barrington

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is another type of sugar that can cause insulin resistance. High fructose corn syrup is artificially created for food manufacturing purposes, partly because of its sweet taste and partly for cost reasons. High fructose corn … Continue reading →

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Humans, Fructose and Insulin Resistance

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Sugar Intake and Mortality

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Refined crystalline sugar consumption is increasing in developed countries and is mirrored by an increases in Western lifestyle diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Sugars are present naturally in fruits and other foods traditionally eaten by … Continue reading →

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Sugar Intake In Children

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Robert Barrington

High intakes of refined crystalline fructose cause insulin resistance in mammals. For example, rat experiments (here, here and here) have shown that fructose in high concentrations is a metabolic poison and leads to insulin resistance in just a few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Hypertriglyceridaemia

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Diets containing more than 15 % refined crystalline fructose have been shown to increase fasting and postprandial triglyceride levels. This rise in plasma triglyceride levels may play a role in insulin resistance, and raised triglyceride levels are in turn a … Continue reading →

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Does Exercise Protect From Sugar Poisoning?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Table sugar is chemically called sucrose, and is structurally a glucose molecule bonded to a fructose molecule (with a glycosidic bond). Digestion of sucrose yields one molecule of glucose that is then absorbed to the blood and contributes to blood … Continue reading →

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Waiting For An Idea To Die: The Energy Balance Theory Of Weight Gain

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The energy balance theory of weight gain is popular because it is simple and seems plausible. Basically, the theory states that if you consume it and don’t burn it, you’ll store it. In more technical language, the amount of fat … Continue reading →

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Fructose: More Bad News (Death And Disease Again)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Robert Barrington

High concentrations of fructose are detrimental because fructose in excess is converted to fatty acids which accumulate in the liver and cause insulin resistance. In nature fructose is found in two main repositories, fruit and honey. The fructose in fruit … Continue reading →

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