I love it! ♡ High fructose corn syrup ♡
January 27, 2022
The ingredient list displayed on the back of processed foods seems to be arranged in order of the amount used.
There, the familiar
"Fructose glucose liquid sugar"
It is a sweetener that is widely used in many processed foods, including soft drinks and dressings .
Fructose is 1.7 times sweeter than sugar, and because it's cheaper than sugar, it 's commonly used in the industry.
High sugar content also reduces the water activity of food and beverages , narrowing the area in which bacteria can grow, making it a useful preservative.
Sugar also helps retain moisture, preventing food from hardening. The reason why supermarket bread stays soft even after several days is because it contains more sugar than you might think.
In short, high fructose corn syrup is essential for low-cost processed foods.
Incidentally, sugar consumption in Japan peaked at about 2.8 million tons in 1973, and was about 2 million tons in 2018. It has been declining steadily.
Meanwhile, fructose consumption has remained stable at around 800,000 tons.
Considering that Japan's population is declining by more than 80,000 to 100,000 people per year and the food market is continuing to shrink , the proportion of fructose in the market is increasing at a significant level.
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Normally, starch is broken down into glucose in the body, but not into fructose.
When fructose is produced industrially, starch is broken down into glucose and fructose by adding special enzymes.
In the United States, high fructose corn syrup is called "corn syrup" because fructose is produced from corn .
By the way, if the fructose content is 50% or less, it is called "glucose-fructose syrup," and if it is 50-90%, it is called "fructose-glucose syrup."
...
Differences in how glucose and fructose are used by the body.
Glucose is absorbed from the small intestine and becomes blood sugar, which is then produced in the mitochondria within the cells using O² to produce bioenergy.
It is the mitochondria, which make up 10% of our body weight and contain genes inherited from our mothers, that make us want to eat and thrive in oxygen .
Since CO² is released, respiration is the exchange of O² and CO² needed by mitochondria... but you can find out more about this in my son's textbooks, which are full of scribbles.
Fructose does not immediately become blood sugar, but is converted into glucose in the liver and used for energy, but it is also used to synthesize triglycerides "in preference to glucose."
Triglycerides are reserve energy stored in the blood in case regular glucose energy is insufficient .
If this level is not maintained at a certain level, blood sugar levels will drop and the glycogen stored in the liver will be used up, and you will probably die.
However, if you are unable to consume energy in your daily life and accumulate too much triglyceride, it can become a problem. It will start to accumulate as fat in various parts of the body, including the liver.
It seems that modern people are spending more on medical expenses due to overeating than hunger, and it is now common knowledge that one of the causes of this is ``consuming too much fructose.''
...
There is nothing wrong with consuming fructose.
However, the big problem is that you may not even realize that you've taken too much.
As mentioned above, unlike glucose, fructose travels from the intestines to the liver, so it does not appear in blood sugar levels.
When blood sugar levels rise, the satiety center is stimulated and you stop eating, but no matter how much fructose you consume, you never feel full.
By the way, experimental mice that were only fed fructose died from hypoglycemia.
...
Many people worry about eating rice or carbohydrates.
However, what's really dangerous is a meal like the pork bone ramen and fried rice set meal, which is full of carbohydrates like Tenkaippin.
In the first place, starchy sugar is glucose, which has different properties from fructose.
It is true that rice = carbohydrates, but this is a sugar that is preferentially used for energy, and unlike fructose, it is less likely to be stored in the body as excess fat.
Fruits also contain fructose, but they also provide a balanced intake of dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and glucose. The fructose content is usually less than 10%.
Which should you choose to eat: processed foods that list "high fructose corn syrup" at the beginning of the ingredient list , or natural foods like rice and fruit?
...
Hey mom.
Even though it's to protect the expiration date and texture, the bread is full of high fructose glucose syrup.
Why trans fat margarine?
To top it off, do you slather it with a thick layer of sweet marmalade?
I kind of hate starting my day like that...
I think rice is the best after all. It contains Kusumochi Nijo Mochi Barley.
The ingredient list displayed on the back of processed foods seems to be arranged in order of the amount used.
There, the familiar
"Fructose glucose liquid sugar"
It is a sweetener that is widely used in many processed foods, including soft drinks and dressings .
Fructose is 1.7 times sweeter than sugar, and because it's cheaper than sugar, it 's commonly used in the industry.
High sugar content also reduces the water activity of food and beverages , narrowing the area in which bacteria can grow, making it a useful preservative.
Sugar also helps retain moisture, preventing food from hardening. The reason why supermarket bread stays soft even after several days is because it contains more sugar than you might think.
In short, high fructose corn syrup is essential for low-cost processed foods.
Incidentally, sugar consumption in Japan peaked at about 2.8 million tons in 1973, and was about 2 million tons in 2018. It has been declining steadily.
Meanwhile, fructose consumption has remained stable at around 800,000 tons.
Considering that Japan's population is declining by more than 80,000 to 100,000 people per year and the food market is continuing to shrink , the proportion of fructose in the market is increasing at a significant level.
...
Normally, starch is broken down into glucose in the body, but not into fructose.
When fructose is produced industrially, starch is broken down into glucose and fructose by adding special enzymes.
In the United States, high fructose corn syrup is called "corn syrup" because fructose is produced from corn .
By the way, if the fructose content is 50% or less, it is called "glucose-fructose syrup," and if it is 50-90%, it is called "fructose-glucose syrup."
...
Differences in how glucose and fructose are used by the body.
Glucose is absorbed from the small intestine and becomes blood sugar, which is then produced in the mitochondria within the cells using O² to produce bioenergy.
It is the mitochondria, which make up 10% of our body weight and contain genes inherited from our mothers, that make us want to eat and thrive in oxygen .
Since CO² is released, respiration is the exchange of O² and CO² needed by mitochondria... but you can find out more about this in my son's textbooks, which are full of scribbles.
Fructose does not immediately become blood sugar, but is converted into glucose in the liver and used for energy, but it is also used to synthesize triglycerides "in preference to glucose."
Triglycerides are reserve energy stored in the blood in case regular glucose energy is insufficient .
If this level is not maintained at a certain level, blood sugar levels will drop and the glycogen stored in the liver will be used up, and you will probably die.
However, if you are unable to consume energy in your daily life and accumulate too much triglyceride, it can become a problem. It will start to accumulate as fat in various parts of the body, including the liver.
It seems that modern people are spending more on medical expenses due to overeating than hunger, and it is now common knowledge that one of the causes of this is ``consuming too much fructose.''
...
There is nothing wrong with consuming fructose.
However, the big problem is that you may not even realize that you've taken too much.
As mentioned above, unlike glucose, fructose travels from the intestines to the liver, so it does not appear in blood sugar levels.
When blood sugar levels rise, the satiety center is stimulated and you stop eating, but no matter how much fructose you consume, you never feel full.
By the way, experimental mice that were only fed fructose died from hypoglycemia.
...
Many people worry about eating rice or carbohydrates.
However, what's really dangerous is a meal like the pork bone ramen and fried rice set meal, which is full of carbohydrates like Tenkaippin.
In the first place, starchy sugar is glucose, which has different properties from fructose.
It is true that rice = carbohydrates, but this is a sugar that is preferentially used for energy, and unlike fructose, it is less likely to be stored in the body as excess fat.
Fruits also contain fructose, but they also provide a balanced intake of dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and glucose. The fructose content is usually less than 10%.
Which should you choose to eat: processed foods that list "high fructose corn syrup" at the beginning of the ingredient list , or natural foods like rice and fruit?
...
Hey mom.
Even though it's to protect the expiration date and texture, the bread is full of high fructose glucose syrup.
Why trans fat margarine?
To top it off, do you slather it with a thick layer of sweet marmalade?
I kind of hate starting my day like that...
I think rice is the best after all. It contains Kusumochi Nijo Mochi Barley.