HFCS evidence?

coach hale · 10-20-2008, 02:27 PM

Is HFCs a key culprit of the obesity problem?

Not Enough Evidence To Indict High Fructose Corn Syrup In Obesity

Correlation does not mean causation

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Coach Hale
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coreconcepts · 10-22-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by coach hale

Correlation does not mean causation

Precisely! Alan knocked this topic around in a previous issue of the AARR.

Basically there was a 1000% + increase in consumption of HFCS from the 70's to present and a concomittent spike in obesity. I think we are so hard-wired to expect a simple answer and HFCS became a nice scapegoat.

As Alan points out, it's only with ridiculous amount that it becomes problematic - and under hypercaloric conditions.

In hypocaloric situations, HFCS doesn't seem to have any special lipogenic properties.

To boot, the most common form of HFCS consumption is in pop - which is only 50% fructose. Most ratios of HFCS are about 60/40 (fructose/glucose).

That said, we eat too damn much HFCS at 78 or so pound per year.

perrogrande007 · 10-22-2008, 10:31 AM

You have to love the commercials on television where the girl is telling her boyfriend that there is nothing wrong with HFCS

Ogedei · 10-22-2008, 02:15 PM

I have not seen the commercials.

As the above article indicates, there is nothing wrong with HFCS. At least nothing wrong with it over and above what is already wrong with sugar.

The problem with HFCS isn't in it's chemical makeup, but in it's cost. We have gone from a society with lots of activity and little processed foods to a society of little activity and lots of processed foods.

You do the math. HFCS isn't to blame, our society is to blame.