Gillespie's summarised over 100 years of research and the publisher checked out all his facts. Here it is:
Sugar (meaning sucrose, which is table sugar) is half glucose and half fructose.
Our bodies need glucose to survive, especially our Brain, so it's essential.
This is the deal on fructose:
"Every piece of food we consume stimulates the release of one or more of the 'enough to eat' hormones once we have had enough to eat. There is one substance that does not stimulate the release of any of the 'enough to eat' hormones. That substance is fructose. Fructose skips the fat-creation control mechanism in the liver (PFK-1) and is directly converted to fatty acids (and then body fat) without passing through either of our major appetite-control gateways (insulin or CCK). Fructose is also invisible to our built-in calorie counter (the hypothalamus). We can eat as much fructose as we can shove down our throats and never feel full for long. Every gram of the fructose we eat is directly converted to fat. There is no mystery to the obesity epidemic when you know those simple facts." (p.78)
Fructose makes fatty acids and body fat!
He goes on to say, on page 75, "Small quantities of fructose don't have any serious effects...But put a lot of fructose into that loop and it doesn't matter how long the glucose system is shut down for, frutose will still keep pumping up the ATP volume and the fat production...it directly creates vast amounts of circulating fatty acids (including LDL cholesterol)."
He helpfully tells us that in 1977, Dr George Mann described the low-fat diet - which I never liked - as "The greatest scam in the history of medicine" but the politics of it was that everybody believed the proponents of it. It has been disproven many times since but led the way in nutrition for 50 years though people tried hard to let the truth be known. We're all eating heaps less fat these days but the obesity is just growing and growing. He explains why in interesting detail. However, there is a "strong relationship between rapidly rising sugar consumption and obesity-related diseases", that nobody can deny.
I've read David Gillespie's 'Sweet Poison' and 'The Sweet Poison Quit Plan' books. This is about my journey into sugar awareness. I am the biggest sugar addict out so it should be quite a ride! [I took this photo at Yosemite National Park in the USA. I like the way that the river can go two ways here just like me, at a crossroad, trying to change my whole way of eating]
So true. Low fat is not the way to lose weight long term.
ReplyDeleteYes, Moo. I agree. I never thought they were good as there were too many countries that ate a lot of fat, both types, and were some of the healthiest people.
ReplyDeleteHe goes into how the doctor who did those studies, used very selective tecnhiques and left out countries that didn't fit his hypothesis! Disgusting science technique from what I understand of science. Is that common?
For years I have avoided diet foods, they are high in processed everything and I figure that eating less full fat stuff is much more satisfying than eating more processed stuff!! I wish more people would realise that "low fat" is not the answer, nor is "diet" food. Healthy, unprocessed foods in amounts that adequately reflect your energy expenditure will do wonders for your health. Good luck Fi!
ReplyDelete(all this coming from the Malteser addict!! LOL!)
Don't even mention what chocolates I was addicted to! How long have you got to hear them all! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, Ruth.