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The
role of sugar intake in the
obesity pandemic
I am addicted to sugar
Just a small survey ..
•• 26
26 articles described no
articles described no associations and 34
associations,, and 34 articles
articles described
described
positive
positive associations
associations..
•• Studies
Studies funded
funded by
by the
the SSB
SSB industry
industry were
were significantly
significantly more
more likely
likely to
to
find
find no
no associations
associations than
than independently
independently funded
funded ones
ones
•• 26
26 of
of 26
26 negative
negative studies
studies (100%)
(100%) had
had funding
funding ties
ties to
to this
this
industry
industry..
•• Only
Only 1
1 of
of 34
34 positive
positive studies
studies (2.9%)
(2.9%) had
had such
such ties
ties (relative
(relative
risk,
risk, 34.00
34.00 [95%
[95% CI,
CI, 4.93
4.93 to
to 234.47];
234.47]; P
P<< 0.001).
0.001). Annals of Internal Medicine
Nov 2016
What epidemiologists
won’t allow me to do is…
2008 obesity incidence
2008 longivity incidence
2008 use of soda’s
• High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has undergone
enzymatic processing
• High fructose to convert
corn syrup some
(HFCS) hasofundergone
its glucose
intoenzymatic
fructose to produce atodesired
processing convertsweetness
some of its glucose
into fructose to produce a desired sweetness
• HFCS is much cheaper than sucrose
• HFCS is much cheaper than sucrose
• HFCS consists of 24% water and the rest is sugar
• HFCS consists of 24% water and the rest is sugar
• HFCS 55 in soft drinks contains 55% fructose and 42%
glucose;
• HFCS 55andinHFCS 42, 42%
soft drinks fructose
contains andfructose
55% 53% glucose
and 42%
glucose; and HFCS 42, 42% fructose and 53% glucose
Tappy L, Lê KA. ‘10
• Fructokinase action is 10 times faster than glucokinase
and fructose accumulates in the liver as fructose-1-
phosphate
11 gram carbs/100 g
14 gram carbs/100 g
I think we should really try to
reduce our fast sugar intake,