Not exact matches
Just keep away from these sugars or any foods or
drinks containing them for three days: all breads, pancakes, sugar and other quick - acting carbohydrates including sucrose, high - fructose corn
syrup, fructose, maltose, lactose, glycogen,
glucose, mannitol, sorbitol, and galactose.
I was once tested to have hypoglycemia... given a
glucose tolerance test... a «very advanced test» where they make you
drink a big glass of
syrup water....
I remember having a fasting 6 - hour
glucose - tolerance test almost twenty years ago; the test (for those unacquainted with it) consists of the patient fasting for 12 hours, then having a blood sample drawn & a urine specimen taken, then
drinking a
syrup containing 75 g of
glucose.
The most widely used varieties of high - fructose corn
syrup are: HFCS 55 (mostly used in soft
drinks), approximately 55 % fructose and 42 %
glucose; and HFCS 42 (used in many foods and baked goods), approximately 42 % fructose and 53 %
glucose.
Fructose is interesting, particularly as high - fructose corn
syrup sweetener / sugar substitute used in soft
drinks and many processed food, s may be linked to obesity — in other words as «stealth
glucose», and converted to fat.
When I say sugar, what I mean is: all kinds of sugary
drinks, anything with high fructose corn
syrup, certain dried fruits, candy, breakfast cereal, anything with excessive amounts of sucrose, fructose, or
glucose, juices, and more.
Although most soft
drinks in the USA are now made with high fructose corn
syrup, not sucrose, this makes little functional difference, since high fructose corn
syrup contains fructose and
glucose in a similar ratio to that produced metabolically from sucrose.
Carbohydrates, Glycogen and Blood
Glucose One of the major ingredients of sports
drinks is carbohydrate (a.k.a., pure sugar, or high fructose corn
syrup) because it was thought that another reason for decreased athletic ability was due to depleted muscle carbohydrate content... and this is partly true.
Eating foods that are higher in glycemic index (GI), which include simple carbs: potatoes, white breads, sweetened + processed cereal, sodas and other
drinks sweetened with high fructose corn
syrup, corn products, white rice, and sweetened «junk foods» of all kinds — break down rapidly, causing a rush of
glucose into the blood stream.
-- Avoid: Gluten (wheat, etc.), any foods or
drinks with sugar (read labels), high
glucose / fructose
syrup, desserts, artificial sweeteners, white flour products, hot spices, stimulants (coffee, cola, black tea, green tea, chocolate, etc..)