| ac on 23 Oct 2016 14:08:51 -0700 |
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
| Re: [PLUG] OT: sugar in soda (PLUG N dinner) |
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:02:48 -0400 "Rich Mingin (PLUG)" <plug@frags.us> wrote: > One of the big problems with soda is the calories, but diet sodas can > be worse. There's a very strong link between your sense of taste and > your pancreatic and liver function, so even though there are no > calories in your Diet Coke, the sweet taste just provoked your bile > and insulin production, so now you'll end up eating while not truly > hungry, often without realizing why. I don't know that sucrose is any > better for you than HFCS, but I know it metabolizes more 'cleanly' > for me, and I have less acid reflux action when I avoid HFCS. > cool, thank you for that :) > On Oct 23, 2016 16:52, "ac" <ac@main.me> wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:45:20 -0400 > > JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote: > > > Last week at dinner after PLUG N some of us were talking about the > > > difference between real sugar and high-fructose corn syrup and the > > > challenge of finding the former in soda in the US. It just > > > occurred to me to mention that the way I solved that problem was > > > with a SodaStream. Many of of syrup mixes for that have actual > > > sugar and not HFCS. The mixes may not taste exactly the same as > > > the name brand, but I personally don't care. I'm more used to > > > "Dr. Pete" than real "Dr. Pepper" at this point anyway. > > > Full disclosure: we own a SodaStream and while it doesn't really > > > work out to be much (if any) cheaper, there are many fewer plastic > > > bottles and the mixes I get have no HFCS. That's it... > > > > > instead of asking google, what is HFCS and what about drinking sugar > > free soda like Coke Zero? (is the gas not also bad for you? - eating > > your stomach lining or somesuch?) > > And is actual sugar healthy? - I thought it is all about the > > calories and not supersize at Burger King, etc? > > > > and now you have me thinking about how dr pete tastes *sigh* (as I > > have no clue...) > > > > Andre > > > > > > > Later, > > > JP > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > JP Vossen, CISSP | http://www.jpsdomain.org/ | > > > http://bashcookbook.com/ > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > _______________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > _______________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > > mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > > mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug