Many companies have now found a way to back door the High Frutose Corn Syrup back into our diets. That stuff was found to be stuff is toxic to anyone with faty liver disease. It is the biggest contributing factor.
Crystalline fructose comes only from a corn syrup base that has been artificially processed to yield a 99.5% fructose concentration, where High Fructose Corn Syrup is a 45-55% concentration blended with Glucose. This high concentration of corn starch fructose provides a lot of benefits to the manufacturers food and beverage products as with any concentration, it means you can do more with less. It also adds additional stability, relating to heat, cold, longevity and moisture tolerances.
The risk on the consumer side is that fructose has to be processed by your body via your liver, and to a less extent your kidneys; where glucose is purely absorbed by your body on a cellular level. Where High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) has gained a bad rep because of the to fructose levels that attribute to fatty deposits growing on the liver that can lead to liver disease and kidney issues, Crystalline fructose could do as much or more damage. It is also misleading the public where people are trying to avoid HFCS in their diets. The argument that is safer the HFCS because there is less of it in your diet is deceiving as the concentration could be harmful then the volume consumed.
Of course as with everything, it comes down to moderation, though I am angry that the FDA allows the use of the term to hide the fact that this is sugar derived from a corn starch.
Here is some background from my own perspective. In July I was diagnosed with fatty liver and sleep apnea. Anyway, I had no clue why I was gaining weight and not able to loose it. Here it was a combination of the two (Fatty Liver and Apnea) working against me. I was walking 3 miles a day watching and doing an 1500 - 2000 calorie diet and I could only seem to manage to maintain 380lbs. The weight should have been melting off. Yikes, it wasn't. After being diagnosed I learned at the hospital that foods and drinks containing high fructose corn syrup were the largest contributing factor to developing "Fatty Liver" Everyone told me to start using Xylitol or Stevia. Anyway, I am fortunate to have a number of friends that are into natural health and oriental medicine. They recommended Stevia because of its many health benefits and the fact that it has zero calories and it has been used thousands of years in places like Egypt. Anyway, I took their advice. My liver enzyme levels are back to 90% normal and I managed to drop from 380lbs. to 255lbs. (125 lbs. in 5 months.) in about 5 months without much effort. Don't get me wrong. I have always been a body builder type. In the pictures on my profile page I was 225. So, I am exited that I am now within 30lbs of that old boyish figure.
The combination of the sleep apnea machine and removing all processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup from my diet has had me loosing weight like crazy. I still work out 5 days a week mostly cardio and resistance training. I alternate ever other day. Some days I do both. Anyway, I have done that while on a 2200 calorie diet. Having been a certified personal trainer all this time I am starting to feel much more like myself.
I think the Stevia plant is amazing. So, I thought now that companies are hiding the high fructose corn syrup in their labeling by now marketing a derivative listing it as crystalline fructose health conscious people might want to know about it.
Crystalline fructose comes only from a corn syrup base that has been artificially processed to yield a 99.5% fructose concentration, where High Fructose Corn Syrup is a 45-55% concentration blended with Glucose. This high concentration of corn starch fructose provides a lot of benefits to the manufacturers food and beverage products as with any concentration, it means you can do more with less. It also adds additional stability, relating to heat, cold, longevity and moisture tolerances.
The risk on the consumer side is that fructose has to be processed by your body via your liver, and to a less extent your kidneys; where glucose is purely absorbed by your body on a cellular level. Where High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) has gained a bad rep because of the to fructose levels that attribute to fatty deposits growing on the liver that can lead to liver disease and kidney issues, Crystalline fructose could do as much or more damage. It is also misleading the public where people are trying to avoid HFCS in their diets. The argument that is safer the HFCS because there is less of it in your diet is deceiving as the concentration could be harmful then the volume consumed.
Of course as with everything, it comes down to moderation, though I am angry that the FDA allows the use of the term to hide the fact that this is sugar derived from a corn starch.
Here is some background from my own perspective. In July I was diagnosed with fatty liver and sleep apnea. Anyway, I had no clue why I was gaining weight and not able to loose it. Here it was a combination of the two (Fatty Liver and Apnea) working against me. I was walking 3 miles a day watching and doing an 1500 - 2000 calorie diet and I could only seem to manage to maintain 380lbs. The weight should have been melting off. Yikes, it wasn't. After being diagnosed I learned at the hospital that foods and drinks containing high fructose corn syrup were the largest contributing factor to developing "Fatty Liver" Everyone told me to start using Xylitol or Stevia. Anyway, I am fortunate to have a number of friends that are into natural health and oriental medicine. They recommended Stevia because of its many health benefits and the fact that it has zero calories and it has been used thousands of years in places like Egypt. Anyway, I took their advice. My liver enzyme levels are back to 90% normal and I managed to drop from 380lbs. to 255lbs. (125 lbs. in 5 months.) in about 5 months without much effort. Don't get me wrong. I have always been a body builder type. In the pictures on my profile page I was 225. So, I am exited that I am now within 30lbs of that old boyish figure.
The combination of the sleep apnea machine and removing all processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup from my diet has had me loosing weight like crazy. I still work out 5 days a week mostly cardio and resistance training. I alternate ever other day. Some days I do both. Anyway, I have done that while on a 2200 calorie diet. Having been a certified personal trainer all this time I am starting to feel much more like myself.
I think the Stevia plant is amazing. So, I thought now that companies are hiding the high fructose corn syrup in their labeling by now marketing a derivative listing it as crystalline fructose health conscious people might want to know about it.
