What are HFCS?
Why are they bad?
How do I know they're present or not in the food that I eat?
What are HFCS??
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Oh! Trust me. It's very common. In cereals, some dairy products....
So why do some cereals claim to be healthy and have over all good nutrition but have HFCS then?
So why do some cereals claim to be healthy and have over all good nutrition but have HFCS then?
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What are their side affects? And if one say have one serving of something with HFC a day, how bad would that be?
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I try best to avoid them. I always read labels and try to avoid these two things, but I don't understand their "after affects" so I will read more into it.
It's just very hard, as almost everything packed has them.
It's just very hard, as almost everything packed has them.
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So is having white or brown sugar is better than having sweeteners?
Lol You just gave me a chemistry class here in which I used to ACE back 5 years ago...I have a brain of a fish as I keep telling everybody! haha.
Lol You just gave me a chemistry class here in which I used to ACE back 5 years ago...I have a brain of a fish as I keep telling everybody! haha.
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I wish I had the CHOICE as to what to have in the house or not, but I don't. Out of 8 individuals, I am the only one who eats healthy, food is cooked differently and with certain portions, but parents are the ones who buy everything else and they're mostly against whatever I tell them (dad morel ike it)
I don't buy food on own, nor have allowance for (HOPEFULLY IT'S only for a short-period!)
So yes, dad buys all the cereals, yoghurts, rice, chicken, whatever it is....So I am doing a damn good job avoiding that huge box of dunkin donghuts, and those big bags that contain over 30 pieces of chips day and day out.
I trip sometimes. It's only normal.
One I have own place and family - I will barely allow unhealthy food to come in.
I don't buy food on own, nor have allowance for (HOPEFULLY IT'S only for a short-period!)
So yes, dad buys all the cereals, yoghurts, rice, chicken, whatever it is....So I am doing a damn good job avoiding that huge box of dunkin donghuts, and those big bags that contain over 30 pieces of chips day and day out.
I trip sometimes. It's only normal.
One I have own place and family - I will barely allow unhealthy food to come in.
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I think I am doing pretty good compared to the rest of family. I try to advice them every now and then about what they should eat or the implications or affects of what they eat...sometimes they laugh at me for eating certain foods and am too restricted...for me I got used to it and this is how I eat you know.
Hope once I start making some money soon, I'll have more control on what I eat and stuff. It will be such a relief. Even better after I leave the house once I am married (if ever, that is!). We don't leave the parents house until we're married (part of religion/culture.)
Hope once I start making some money soon, I'll have more control on what I eat and stuff. It will be such a relief. Even better after I leave the house once I am married (if ever, that is!). We don't leave the parents house until we're married (part of religion/culture.)
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There's also quite a volume of studies on white Sugar and it's undesirable effects.
It's also been noted in quite credible studies, that Sugar may feed tumours, so people with Cancer might be well advised to not have Sugar in the diet too much, especially stuff like White Sugar.
Brown on the other hand is a more natural type or should be, so it's less likely to be an issue to the general public, but white has had links to Cancer and may also be a substance that is not very usable by the body itself and brown may be best avoided in people with a diagnosed Cancer, or those given the all clear, as a lot of all clears are not a cast iron guarantee of the Cancer being 100% gone.
Xylitol is an example of a Polyol, or in other words a Sugar replacer, it's supposed to be a better thing, as it could be lower calorie, or more healthful than what was supposed to be used.
There are similar things getting into food now in relation to fats too.
There are two types or alternatives. Fat replacers and fat mimetics.
To understanding, fat replacers are simply that, something that can have a better nutrient profile and replace fat, without affecting the products composition, integrity or taste.
Mimetics, are mimics of fat. Things that simulate the taste, texture and consistency of fat, meaning the body is fooled into believing you've eaten fat and thereby uitilising things like B Vitamins, Bile and Lipases, to break the mimetic down as they would for normal fat.
Olestra is an example of one of these things, but I can't remember offhand if it's a replacer or mimetic.
These things are an attempt to change the profile of some foods so they are meant to be healthier. Sorbitol and Mannitol are examples of Polyols too like Xylitol, though Xylitol is put in gums and marketed as a tooth friendly substance, that makes chewing gum even better for your teeth alledgedly.
The Polyols are supposed to be a way of not impacting as much as Teeth and bloodsugar, so potentially they may also be a more acceptable thing for Diabetics to consume.
It's also been noted in quite credible studies, that Sugar may feed tumours, so people with Cancer might be well advised to not have Sugar in the diet too much, especially stuff like White Sugar.
Brown on the other hand is a more natural type or should be, so it's less likely to be an issue to the general public, but white has had links to Cancer and may also be a substance that is not very usable by the body itself and brown may be best avoided in people with a diagnosed Cancer, or those given the all clear, as a lot of all clears are not a cast iron guarantee of the Cancer being 100% gone.
Xylitol is an example of a Polyol, or in other words a Sugar replacer, it's supposed to be a better thing, as it could be lower calorie, or more healthful than what was supposed to be used.
There are similar things getting into food now in relation to fats too.
There are two types or alternatives. Fat replacers and fat mimetics.
To understanding, fat replacers are simply that, something that can have a better nutrient profile and replace fat, without affecting the products composition, integrity or taste.
Mimetics, are mimics of fat. Things that simulate the taste, texture and consistency of fat, meaning the body is fooled into believing you've eaten fat and thereby uitilising things like B Vitamins, Bile and Lipases, to break the mimetic down as they would for normal fat.
Olestra is an example of one of these things, but I can't remember offhand if it's a replacer or mimetic.
These things are an attempt to change the profile of some foods so they are meant to be healthier. Sorbitol and Mannitol are examples of Polyols too like Xylitol, though Xylitol is put in gums and marketed as a tooth friendly substance, that makes chewing gum even better for your teeth alledgedly.
The Polyols are supposed to be a way of not impacting as much as Teeth and bloodsugar, so potentially they may also be a more acceptable thing for Diabetics to consume.
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