Re: History of high fructose corn syrup 1975

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That I don't doubt but the switch to corn syrup occurred before that. That was a reason I quit drinking Coca Cola. Maybe corn syrup (I guess that was dextrose = glucose?) - did not taste as sweet to me.

In the 70's people didn't have that much money for soft drinks, and eating out. Fast foods were not as prevalent in like 1972, at least not in Houston. Pizza parlors which had just come into vogue, were closing down in the Nixon era. We didn't yet have a Mac's in every city, due to a name ownership problem, and other burger chains were small in number.

With a better economy then the fast food restaurant flourished.

BUT, I was raised on oleomargarine, sugar, potatoes, pasta, rice, white bread, and I didn't get fat on that. The problem I have is I see a HgA1c of less than 5.0 is associated with dementia, mine is 5.0 and both my parents died of dementia, 75, 79.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec;53(12):2128-34.Glycated hemoglobin levels and intellectual activityin an aged population.

CONCLUSION: There is an inverted U-shapedrelationship between GHb and intellectual activity inolder people without diabetes mellitus. One possibleinterpretation is that suboptimal blood glucose couldcontribute to intellectual inactivity in older people.PMID: 16398897

Another thing is cereals are now loaded with sweeteners - the corn flakes I ate had no sugar.

But, If I tried to argue in court the food industry is at fault, I could point to those that are not effected by the "bad" ole American diet also the increase in centenarians.

I saw a guy this morning go for seconds and thirds at the breakfast buffet, big enough to make 2 of me. What is it that could DRIVE a person that fat to eat more? It's not the fault of the guy selling the buffet, right? Do you know they still serve biscuits (mostly fat) and gravy at breakfast here?

Regards.

Re: [ ] Re: Bacteria can make you gain weightDate: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:32:18 -0500I recall that corn sweetener came about after the sugar price went up. That was 40 yrs ago. What's taken so long?regards.

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Hi folks:

IMO JW has hit one of the nails very firmly on the head here. The

combination of rising incomes with an ever more efficiently produced

(lower cost) food supply (made available by all those 'nasty'

corporations as people gullible enough to pay attention to

would have us believe) has eliminated one critical constraint

that has existed on human appetite through the entire span of human,

and pre-human, evolution ........... until the past thirty years.

In the past, getting enough food had been a constant struggle, either

financially or in earlier times walking around trying to find roots to

dig up. That is why millennia ago humans were nomads. Having dug up

every root they could find within a three mile radius of their camp

they had to move to another area where they didn't have to walk three

miles to find an accessible and edible root they hadn't already dug up.

Now a limitless food supply is available to just about anyone, for the

very first time in human history.

I remember being startled by people's behaviour when I first moved to

North America. I was invited out to a get-together which did not

involve food and started at 7:30 pm. So after work I ate before

leaving, then people carpooled to go to the event. What I was

startled by was that on the way back, after the event was over around

10:00 pm, everyone decided to stop off at a hamburger joint to have

more to eat. They had already presumably eaten dinner around 6:00.

But they ate another full meal's worth of calories at 10:00, something

I would never have dreamed of doing over the other side of the pond

where I had originated.

Copious amounts of food are now available to everyone, and for those

(the overwhelming majority of us) who still are motivated by millions

of years of history of having to struggle to find enough food just to

survive, restraint requires enormous effort every day of our lives.

There are other nails. But this is one of the absolutely most

important ones, imo.

Rodney.

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> In the 70's people didn't have that much money for soft drinks, and

eating out. Fast foods were not as prevalent in like 1972, at least

not in Houston. Pizza parlors which had just come into vogue, were

closing down in the Nixon era. We didn't yet have a Mac's in every

city, due to a name ownership problem, and other burger chains were

small in number.

> With a better economy then the fast food restaurant flourished.