Comments on: HFCS makes rats fat?

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:19:13 +0000

In his talk Dr. Lustig says that an extremely high percentage of fructose you consume gets directly converted to fat (~30%). What factors cause this percentage to go up or down? How much can this number go up or down?…

No. The Princeton study is badly flawed. Even Marion Nestle, a huge critic of the corn industry and of the HFCS “epidemic”, that is the addition of HFCS to anything that is sold, says: I don’t think the study produces convincing evidence of a differe…

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Two Things I’m Excited About! « Jackie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:49:05 +0000

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:06:32 +0000

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Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:57:42 +0000

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wrongness, and how to be wrong about it « the pulchrifex papers — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:35:10 +0000

[...] until Marion Nestle, the noted NYU nutritionist, critically assessed the Princeton study did the feeding frenzy abate. “I’m skeptical,” she decreed. [...]

By: Gimme Some Sugar? More on the High Fructose Corn Syrup/Table Sugar Debate | Food & Justice Seminar Blog

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:57:07 +0000

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By: JP

JP — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:19:39 +0000

“Unfortunately, I feel the bias, whether intentional of not, is the most likely source of disagreement over HFCS. People in the food industry have a huge financial stake in protecting HFCS, and I suspect an enormous amount of data would be necessary to’ persuade’ them that HFCS is contributing to our raising rate of obesity.
On the other hand, I can see no reasons for bias on the part of the Princeton researchers…for the sake of our national health, please keep up the good work”

Mark, while I am no proponent of over-sugared foods, I think this post is a bit naieve.

A reason for bias on behalf of the Princeton researchers — future funding.

Obesity is one of the pre-eminent medical issues of our day, and a major risk factor in so-many diseases and illnesses it is silly.

A study establishing a link between a ultra-common sweetener and increased levels of obesity and other obesogenic factors would be a springboard for a plethora of future studies. Being the Phd and lab that established such a link would certainly give you a legup in very competitive grant applications.

This is especially true in a down-economy, a First Lady committed to reducing obesity in America and a government searching for scientific solutions to America’s health and debt problems (which reducing obesity is a major factor in).

I’m not accusing the authors of the study of any malfeasance. But, on the surface, there is plenty of reason for bias in interpreting the data, and in the very structure of such an experiment.

And in the end, its the same reason as the food industry’s rote denials of such a link — money!

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In Worries About Sweeteners, Think of All Sugars – The Newster — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:25:18 +0000

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By: Finding Patient Zero in the High Fructose Corn Syrup Hate Epidemic - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:33:47 +0000

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