nosmo@pyuxqq.UUCP (P Valdata) (10/09/85)
A few months ago I attended a lecture by a nutritionist who said that it is preferable to eat monosaccharides, like fructose, instead of disaccharides, like sucrose. The problem has nothing to do with whether the sugar has been refined; the problem is in the way the body uses or reacts to the disaccharide. I will try to find my notes to get details. -- Pat Valdata pyuxh!nosmo
marc@hpltca.UUCP (marc) (10/13/85)
Please post them when you do find them. I keep trying to find hard (scientific) commentary on *WHY* and *HOW* sucrose is bad to eat. Thanks in advance. Marc (ain't good nutritional information wunnerful?) Clarke Hewlett-Packard, Loveland, Colorado hplabs!hpfcla!hpltcb!marc
timpson@comet.DEC (ACE TECH) (10/16/85)
If you want info on the effects of sugar the read "Sugar Blues".
The authors name escapes me right now. The book though will put the
fear of God in you when it comes to suger. Check it out.
steve:^)terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) (10/25/85)
timpson@comet.DEC (ACE TECH) says: > >If you want info on the effects of sugar the read "Sugar Blues". >The authors name escapes me right now. The book though will put the >fear of God in you when it comes to suger. Check it out. The author's name is William Dufty, and yes, I highly recommend it if you are interested in the sugar debate. -- \"\t\f1A\h'+1m'\f4\(mo\h'+1m'\f1the\h'+1m'\f4\(es\t\f1\c _______________________________________________________________________ Terry Grevstad Network Research Corporation ihnp4!nrcvax!terry {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!terry ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!terry
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (10/29/85)
> >If you want info on the effects of sugar the read "Sugar Blues". > >The authors name escapes me right now. The book though will put the > >fear of God in you when it comes to suger. Check it out. > The author's name is William Dufty, and yes, I highly recommend it if > you are interested in the sugar debate. > Dufty was married to Gloria Swanson for awhile. The book is absolutely ridiculous. WHile it does contain *some* accurate information, it also has some completely wild claims about the glories of a sugar-free diet and has some really dubious nutritional information. Several years ago I stopped eating sugar for about three years. Contrary to Dufty's claims, mosquitoes still ate me alive, my skin still broke out and I still fell asleep in class. I now eat a mixed diet which is low in sweets (it is true that you lose your taste for them after awhile) and "hidden sugar" and life is alot easier. People who want to avoid sugar (if not eliminate it entirely) have to get very good at reading labels. Almost everything in the grocery store that comes in a bottle can or box has sugar in it (except maybe in the detergent section :-). This includes catsup, peanut butter, soup, boullion (use KNorr-Swiss bullion cubes - lots of salt but no sugar), and on and on. You learn all kinds of things reading the labels. -- jcpatilla