U.S. panel calls for taxing sugary foods to curb obesity

[Umka36 781]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-panel-calls-taxing-sugary-180000406.html

[decocker 7,198]

i'm down. it would totally be worth it to get our food back to looking like food instead of high fructose corn syrup made to resemble nourishment. or would hfcs be off the table cause of all those corn subsidies?

[GandD 5,966]

I heard nestle is getting rid of yellow #5

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Cool. No more fruit drinks. Bad on the teeth, cause obesity, just like Coke and Pepsi. Eat more meat and vegetables.

[Dakine10 5,452]

It won't work. Obviously too much sugar is bad, but there are too many of other additives in foods that have links too obesity. Many of the artificial ingredients in processed food have the specific purpose of making food more addictive.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i'm down. it would totally be worth it to get our food back to looking like food instead of high fructose corn syrup made to resemble nourishment. or would hfcs be off the table cause of all those corn subsidies?

Sugar is sugar, 4 calories per gram. Fructose is naturally occurring sugar, a monosaccharide. Sucrose is manufactured sugar. Sucrose disaccharide is one Fructose monosaccharide bonded to one Glucose monosaccharide. HFCS is just another manufactured form of sugar, that is nearly identical to both table sugar made from beets or sugar cane, and a naturally occurring substance, known as honey.

Edited February 19, 2015 by I AM NOT THAT GUY

[Janelle2002 3,865]

we wouldn't be the first country to do it. great move

[Dakine10 5,452]

Sugar is sugar, 4 calories per gram. Fructose is naturally occurring sugar, a monosaccharide. Sucrose is manufactured sugar. Sucrose disaccharide is one Fructose monosaccharide bonded to one Glucose monosaccharide. HFCS is just another manufactured form of sugar, that is nearly identical to both table sugar made from beets or sugar cane, and a naturally occurring substance, known as honey.

Fructose is metabolized directly by the liver. When calories are in excess, fructose is more harmful metabolically than glucose, so to that extent HFCS is potentially more harmful than sucrose.

If we (as a population) didn't consume so many empty calories, it probably wouldn't be an issue. But we do, so it is.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Fructose is metabolized directly by the liver. When calories are in excess, fructose is more harmful metabolically than glucose, so to that extent HFCS is potentially more harmful than sucrose.

If we (as a population) didn't consume so many empty calories, it probably wouldn't be an issue. But we do, so it is.

While true, HFCS is not any worse for you, than table sugar, or honey.

The study showed clear differences in how fructose and glucose are metabolized by the body, nutrition researcher and principal investigator Peter J. Havel, PhD, of the University of California at Davis tells WebMD.

But the findings do not show that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used in everything from soft drinks to cereals in the U.S., is worse for your health than other added sugars.

That's because despite the name, high-fructose corn syrup is chemically similar to other widely used sweeteners, including table sugar (sucrose), honey, and even sweeteners made from concentrated fruit juices.

http://www.webmd.com/heart/metabolic-syndrome/news/20090421/fresh-take-on-fructose-vs-glucose

[GandD 5,966]

You just have to burn more calories than you take in. Diversify your diet and drink lots of water.

[khwaidee1 196]

This is somewhat bothersome too:

The American Diabetes Association recommends that people should avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent diabetes. Sugar-sweetened beverages include beverages like:

• regular soda
• fruit punch
• fruit drinks
• energy drinks
• sports drinks
• sweet tea
• other sugary drinks.

These will raise blood glucose and can provide several hundred calories in just one serving!

See for yourself:

• Just one 12-ounce can of regular soda has about 150 calories and 40 grams of carbohydrate. This is the same amount of carbohydrate in 10 teaspoons of sugar!
• One cup of fruit punch and other sugary fruit drinks have about 100 calories (or more) and 30 grams of carbohydrate.

- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/#sthash.XhCoXdEN.dpuf

[Dakine10 5,452]

While true, HFCS is not any worse for you, than table sugar, or honey.

For the most common type of HFCS that is typically consumed, they are similar. A large soda sweetened with HFCS would account for about 3g more fructose than a simlilar amount sweetened with sugar. Anyone consuming enough to make a metabolic difference would have problems either way.

There is stuff like HFCS90 that is up to 90% fructose. That can add an extra 15-20g of fructose to a sweetened drink. That can add up to problems pretty quickly.

I don't think there is any labeling requirements as to the actual type of HFCS used so it is probably something to be careful with.

[Dakine10 5,452]

This is somewhat bothersome too:

The American Diabetes Association recommends that people should avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent diabetes. Sugar-sweetened beverages include beverages like:

• regular soda
• fruit punch
• fruit drinks
• energy drinks
• sports drinks
• sweet tea
• other sugary drinks.

These will raise blood glucose and can provide several hundred calories in just one serving!

See for yourself:

• Just one 12-ounce can of regular soda has about 150 calories and 40 grams of carbohydrate. This is the same amount of carbohydrate in 10 teaspoons of sugar!
• One cup of fruit punch and other sugary fruit drinks have about 100 calories (or more) and 30 grams of carbohydrate.

- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/#sthash.XhCoXdEN.dpuf

One soda a day is about 15 LB's worth of extra weight a year. It's obviously not as simple as that, but it's something to think about because a lot of people drink several cans of soda a day. Pure empty calories.

[decocker 7,198]

Sugar is sugar, 4 calories per gram. Fructose is naturally occurring sugar, a monosaccharide. Sucrose is manufactured sugar. Sucrose disaccharide is one Fructose monosaccharide bonded to one Glucose monosaccharide. HFCS is just another manufactured form of sugar, that is nearly identical to both table sugar made from beets or sugar cane, and a naturally occurring substance, known as honey.

dakine10 is smarter than me

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

For the most common type of HFCS that is typically consumed, they are similar. A large soda sweetened with HFCS would account for about 3g more fructose than a simlilar amount sweetened with sugar. Anyone consuming enough to make a metabolic difference would have problems either way.

If they ended the sugar subsidy, and allowed the unrestricted importation of sugar, there probably wouldn't be as much of a market for HFCS.

Edited February 20, 2015 by I AM NOT THAT GUY