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WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT FRUCTOSE AND HFCS COULD KILL YOUCutting back on the fructose in your diet could save your life -- and shrink your waistline. Table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) -- the primary sources of fructose -- are staples of our food supply, and are even found in foods that aren't necessarily sweet, like breads, soups, ketchup, and salad dressing. These sweeteners are linked to health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and joint and abdominal pain. They may also increase your risk for liver and kidney diseases, premature aging, and certain types of cancer.THE SUGAR FIX OFFERS A REAL SOLUTION FOR LOSING WEIGHT AND TRANSFORMING YOUR HEALTH -- TODAYThe Low-Fructose Diet: Reduce your consumption of fructose by up to one-half the amount in the typical American diet -- and still satisfy your sweet toothThe 12 Rules for Healthy Eating: Sustain a low-fructose diet for lifeThe Low-Fructose Lifestyle: Counteract sugar's harmful effects through physical activity, sun exposure, supplements, and moreMore Than 30 Low-Fructose Recipes: Prepare easy, delicious mealsAt-a-Glance Fructose Finder: Compare the content in dozens of your favorite foods

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 14 reviews)

Reductionist medecine at its worse by J. Hubble (Northern California)

3 Stars
November 06, 2009
If we all stopped eating fruit, the obesity problem would go away and we'd all be healthier. At least according to this author. He pins fructose (aka fruit sugar) as public enemy number one. He cites many studies to prove the evil of fructose. Some appear quite convincing. However, the few studies that I was familiar with actually came up with different conclusions than this book's author. That being said, we probably do consume excessive amounts of 'high-fructose corn syrup' and other sweeteners, and some of the advice is probably worthwhile. However, don't throw the apples out with thhe twinkies.

Great book! by J. Allen (Grove City, PA United States)

5 Stars
October 23, 2009
This book is a real eye opener. I purchased it because my daughter was diagnosed with Fructose Malabsorption (FM). While this book is not written around that subject, it was very informative about the dangers of too much sugar in the American diet. It also amazes me how sugar is added to products disguised under many different names. Helpful recipes are included for those just wanting to skip the sugar. Many of them don't really work for those with FM though.

Science-oriented and good sense by Light Pebble

5 Stars
September 19, 2009
This book is based on solid science about the dangers of fructose. It's written by an MD, a kidney doctor, who has actually done some of the studies on fructose that have been in the news. He goes into things you might not even have guessed at, like fructose and skin collagen, and the effects of fructose on your eyes ... By the time the book is done you may regard a candy bar as akin to a coiled-up, hibernating snake. The diet he recommends has plenty of starch, is low in saturated fat, low-fructose (of course!) contains a lot of "healthy" fats and plenty of vegetables, and plenty of protein. He doesn't say "fat is fine". He realizes, like other researchers, that saturated fat also causes insulin resistance and heart disease. That's a welcome change from the tendency of other sugar-bashing books, often written by non-researchers. It seems like a lot of people can't bear the idea of giving up both sugar and fat, so they decide that one or the other is OK! He does believe in "healthy fats", i.e. monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. I doubt whether they're really healthy. Rudel showed in some experiments on monkeys, and also rodents, that monounsaturated fat caused atherosclerosis as much as saturated fat does. The monkeys had good lipid profiles, but they got atherosclerosis anyways, because the monounsaturated fat increased the transport of cholesterol from the liver to the heart. So the Mediterranean diet may not be all that healthy after all. And polyunsaturated fat causes cancer in animal studies. I don't know if this only applies to refined polyunsaturated oils, or if the animals also get cancer if they eat a lot of nuts and seeds. Refined oils are somewhat oxidized because they're heated during processing, thus perhaps slightly rancid. They're deodorized, and this would remove any rancid odor. Rancid fat is carcinogenic. I don't know if omega-6 fats taken as part of a whole food, like nuts or seeds, are also carcinogenic, but polyunsaturated fat can cause oxidant stress. But - I eat a very lowfat diet similar to the Ornish diet, except that Ornish doesn't restrict fruit, and I'm currently doing the short-term "fructose fast" that Dr. Johnson recommends in "The Sugar Fix". This very bulky, very lowfat, starchy, very low-sugar diet is about the most satisfying way to eat, for the calories. I have no inclination to overeat. I'm slender anyway, and I think eating this way is the easiest way to stay slender. The sheer quantity of food also helps fill me up. It may take a while to get used to a very lowfat diet, because part of the body's satiety system is regulated by fat. Lowfat meals may be unfilling at first, but after a while, one's body adjusts and one feels plenty full after meals without a lot of calories. Not everybody gets fat by eating too much sugar. Some people get fat eating nuts compulsively, or gorge themselves on pasta drenched in butter, which has no fructose but is very fattening. So if you don't lose weight on Dr. Johnson's low-fructose diet, don't give up on it, just consider reducing the fat, exercising more, and exploring emotional reasons for overeating.

Cholesterol and cardiovascular risk by Dr. Karl-Otmar Stenger (Hamburg, Germany)

5 Stars
May 17, 2009
Lipidologists say, cholesterol is responsable of up to 30% of the cardiovascular risk. Prof. Johnson's approach may give additional risk reduction and more. This "Revolution" may be good for our overall health.

A Primer On HFCS, But Don't Forget About Carbs That Turn To Sugar, Too, Dr. Johnson! by Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Man (Spartanburg, SC)

4 Stars
November 17, 2008
Is it even conceivable that there is a substance in the foods we are eating that is quite literally making us fat and sick? Not only is it possible, but it's happening with nary a fuss from the hundreds of millions of people each and every day who stuff their faces with food products containing high-fructose corn syrup. You've seen this in just about every processed food ever made and it's even shown up in toothpaste and baby food of all things. HFCS has become a pandemic and Dr. Richard Johnson is trying to sound the warning alarm about it before it's too late. He links it directly to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and obesity, among other health calamities. The only bone of contention I have with Dr. Johnson is that I don't think his work goes far enough. Simply blaming fructose and not recognizing the equally-damaging impact of other carbohydrate sources that can turn to sugar in the body (as Gary Taubes so aptly points out in his book GOOD CALORIES BAD CALORIES) is shortsighted. Nevertheless, Dr. Johnson has written quite a primer on HFCS that those people who blindly eat this stuff would be wise to study, absorb, and change their habits!

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