CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Monsanto, University Of California, San Francisco, Mouthfeel

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: David Harpp

Document Summary

Low glycemic index does not cause blood sugar to rise as much as sucrose thus thought to be a good substitute for sucrose. Too much at once is not good and the modern diet can have ~10% fructose. Gout is the crystallization of uric acid in the joints (often foot, sometimes hand) Diet drinks not associated with the risk of gout. Study: assumed 20 years of consumption and an average of 50 increased cases the results suggest 1-2 added cases of gout per 100 persons because of drinking sugar sodas. Fructose in part goes to uric acid (this is its mechanism). Glucose does not follow in the mechanism path of fructose. Glycation: sucrose splits into glucose and fructose and glycation happens, amine end of an amino acid and a sugar join and a water is formed (under heat, reaction discovered in 1912 by louis maillard. Same reaction as when you make toast.