NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dental Caries, Blood Sugar, Lactose Intolerance
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Food sources: fruit, hfcs (high fructose corn syrup)- liquid sweetener made from corn starch (syrup, condiments, candies, cereals, etc) Intake from 0% of sugar intake (1970), to 1/3 of all sugar intake (>1000% increase to 2015) Average us consumer: >62 pounds hfcs per year: honey. Body uses fructose differently than other sugars: doesn"t stimulate insulin secretion or enhance leptin production, stimulates liver fat synthesis and boosts blood triglycerides (vldl) which, may promote higher blood pressure, increasing chd risk increases chd risk. Humans have never consumed anything close to current level of fructose. Just one daily 16 ounce (2cups/ 500 ml) bottle soda (200 kcal, most fructose) can add up to 20% weight gain in one year. Isolated from sugar beet or sugar cane: **dental caries (cavities, glucose intolerance (type ii diabetes, **lipidemias (increases ldl and tg chd, hyperactivity, malabsorbtion, gallstones, kidney disease, carcinogenicity. Trend with low fat foods (1980s/ 1990s)
