Diet: Much ado about high-fructose corn syrup in beverages


	Diet: Much ado about high-fructose corn syrup in beverages

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5-1-2008 5:28 PM

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Over the past 35 y the prevalence of obesity has risen concurrently<SUP> </SUP>with an increased availability of added sugars in the food supply.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/6/1577?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=%2CAnderson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=86&firstpage=1577&resourcetype=HWCIT">a 20% increase in the availability of<SUP> </SUP>caloric sweeteners (sugars) in the United States from 1970–1974<SUP> </SUP>to 2000</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/6/1577?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=%2CAnderson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=86&firstpage=1577&resourcetype=HWCIT">More recently, the intensity of the debate was<SUP> </SUP>fueled by the hypothesis that introduction in the 1970s of high-fructose<SUP> </SUP>corn syrup (HFCS) as a caloric sweetener in beverages was specifically<SUP> </SUP>at fault (<A href="#R4">4</A>). HFCS was proposed to lead to obesity because fructose<SUP> </SUP>bypasses food intake regulatory systems and favors lipogenesis.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/6/1577?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=%2CAnderson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=86&firstpage=1577&resourcetype=HWCIT">HFCS has primarily been used<SUP> </SUP>to substitute for sucrose as a caloric sweetener rather than<SUP> </SUP>to be used in addition to sucrose.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/6/1577?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=%2CAnderson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=86&firstpage=1577&resourcetype=HWCIT">
There is no evidence that the ratio of fructose and glucose<SUP> </SUP>consumed from sugars has changed over the past 4 decades as<SUP> </SUP>a result of HFCS replacing sucrose in many applications. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/6/1577?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=%2CAnderson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=86&firstpage=1577&resourcetype=HWCIT">Thus, there<SUP> </SUP>is no evidence that sucrose—when consumed in its intact<SUP> </SUP>form—would confer any benefits over HFCS</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53ED4756-C64A-43BB-B11F-8606271C7EB2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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