Comments on: Sugarholics http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » Reader Response: Simple vs. Complex Carbs http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-66700 Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » Reader Response: Simple vs. Complex Carbs Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:36 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-66700 [...] Jack LaLanne on Sugarholics [...] [...] Jack LaLanne on Sugarholics [...]

]]> By: Fit and healthy links | workoutmommy.com http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-18072 Fit and healthy links | workoutmommy.com Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:41:25 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-18072 [...] next one hit home for me. Mark’s Daily Apple has an excellent video clip of Jack Lalanne and his take on sugar. He really knew what he was talking about back then, which is [...] [...] next one hit home for me. Mark’s Daily Apple has an excellent video clip of Jack Lalanne and his take on sugar. He really knew what he was talking about back then, which is [...]

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17817 Sonagi Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:02:18 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17817 If Jack LaLanne thought there were too many sugar addicts and flabby kids on the playground back in the 50s, I cannot even imagine what he must think when he looks around the playground today. Our school has a few kids so heavy they wheeze, and they're not asthmatic. If Jack LaLanne thought there were too many sugar addicts and flabby kids on the playground back in the 50s, I cannot even imagine what he must think when he looks around the playground today. Our school has a few kids so heavy they wheeze, and they’re not asthmatic.

]]> By: Oxybeles http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17801 Oxybeles Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:26:52 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17801 Jack is an Icon. I remember that my mom watched his how everyday when I was a kid. Jack is an Icon.

I remember that my mom watched his how everyday when I was a kid.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17772 Aaron Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:19:30 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17772 Great points, Migraineur. I didn't catch it on your blog recently. I guess this video is making the rounds on the health blog circuit. For good reason, too. Great points, Migraineur. I didn’t catch it on your blog recently. I guess this video is making the rounds on the health blog circuit. For good reason, too.

]]> By: Migraineur http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17766 Migraineur Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:28:05 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sugarholics/#comment-17766 I posted that video on my blog a few weeks, too. People who think that low-carb is a fad should know that a decade before the McGovern commission was recommending low-fat diets (1977), LaLanne was dissing sugar. Fructose is not really a health food. It is sweeter than table sugar, so you need less, and that's a good thing; and it doesn't raise blood sugar as fast as other kinds of sugars, which looks like a good thing but isn't. The reason it doesn't raise blood sugar is that any fructose that is not immediately burned for energy is shuttled straight to the liver to be converted to triglycerides. These triglycerides can be stored as fat (bad) or circulate in your bloodstream (where they are a risk factor for heart disease). If your triglyceride levels are normal, and your body mass composition is good, fructose may not be doing you any harm. However, why not consume your fructose in the package provided for it by nature - a nice, tasty, antioxidant-rich serving of fruit? I posted that video on my blog a few weeks, too. People who think that low-carb is a fad should know that a decade before the McGovern commission was recommending low-fat diets (1977), LaLanne was dissing sugar.

Fructose is not really a health food. It is sweeter than table sugar, so you need less, and that’s a good thing; and it doesn’t raise blood sugar as fast as other kinds of sugars, which looks like a good thing but isn’t. The reason it doesn’t raise blood sugar is that any fructose that is not immediately burned for energy is shuttled straight to the liver to be converted to triglycerides. These triglycerides can be stored as fat (bad) or circulate in your bloodstream (where they are a risk factor for heart disease).

If your triglyceride levels are normal, and your body mass composition is good, fructose may not be doing you any harm. However, why not consume your fructose in the package provided for it by nature - a nice, tasty, antioxidant-rich serving of fruit?

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