RunningAHEAD - Topic: Sugar (page 3)

skeetermc

posted: 4/8/2009 at 10:01 PM

What foods, besides pop, are heavy in hfcs? Just curious..I doubt I'll be able to change my eating habits to drastically but it would be nice to know what foods I should be avoiding..

brerfootbill

Half Fanatic #846

posted: 4/8/2009 at 10:37 PM

My DD loves tartar sauce on her fries. And wasn't there Mayonnaise in "The Dirty Dozen"? Wink

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Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:08 PM

Ennay, tell me more about the sugar-containing Coke at Costco, please. I have not seen this.

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pRED

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:09 PM

When at Hooters, I discovered dipping my fries in Ranch dressing. mmmm.... Haven't had'em in awhile, but I really like fries and A1 steak sauce.

Ricky

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xor

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:10 PM

Quote from Trent on 4/8/2009 at 11:08 PM:

Ennay, tell me more about the sugar-containing Coke at Costco, please. I have not seen this.

I'm not ennay, but I can describe the sugar coke here in three words: "Bottled in Mexico".

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM
modified: 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM

They have Mexican Coke at Costco? Really? (Serious question)

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Poor baby

wyerock

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM

Quote from xor on 4/8/2009 at 11:10 PM:

I'm not ennay, but I can describe the sugar coke here in three words: "Bottled in Mexico".

They have sugar there. Sounds good enough to me. It's not like Coke is the healthiest product in the first place. Might take a little while to adjust to the water in there is all.

xor

posted: 4/8/2009 at 11:22 PM
modified: 4/8/2009 at 11:31 PM

Quote from Trent on 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM:

They have Mexican Coke at Costco? Really? (Serious question)

Yes. I know this firsthand. But also: http://www.google.com/search?q=coke+sugar+costco (I actually just checked some of those links... seem to be from 2007... we still have it here at Costco Central...)

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 4/9/2009 at 1:13 AM
modified: 4/9/2009 at 1:16 AM

Quote from Trent on 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM:

They have Mexican Coke at Costco? Really? (Serious question)

Yes really, in old fashioned curvy glass bottles for an obscene price. Sometimes here it is in the coke aisle, sometimes its over by the good beer. Could be regional, we have a large mexican population here. And really awesome beer in our beer aisle. (Deschutes and Bridgeport are heavily featured local brewers) MTA: wow, that sounds like I am saying we have awesome beer because of the Mexican population. Not what I was driving at. Just saying costco has significant regional stocking based on local products (the beer) and local population (mexican coke)

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mkoory

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:21 PM

Quote from skeetermc on 4/8/2009 at 10:01 PM:

What foods, besides pop, are heavy in hfcs? Just curious..I doubt I'll be able to change my eating habits to drastically but it would be nice to know what foods I should be avoiding..

Oh, Skeeter....where to start. Ketchup, worstershire sauce, barbeque sauce, canned cranberries, salad dressings, sodas, granola bars, cereal, bread, crackers, gatorade, fruit juice, chocolate milk, soup, cookies, canned fruit cocktail, frozen meals(except Kashi, Healthy Choice), muffins, etc. Basically anything processed and even some stuff you'd never think of(ketchup??) Here is some food for thought. http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/highfructose.html To my understanding, HFCS is not metabolized by the body the same way as an 'unprocessed' sugar. The insulin reaction goes something like this(please correct me if I'm wrong): ingest HFCS, insulin responds, insulin can't transport HFCS into cells like it is supposed to, body says Hey- I just released all this insulin and there's nothing to transport! Help, eat something I can bind this insulin with! Because of this reaction, HFCS does not satisfy the appetite control in the body. Therefore, more food is desired. Hunger. Over consumption of calories.

DirtyGraceFlint

The Crap Whisperer

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:34 PM

The Mexican Coke is delicious...made with real cane sugar...'round these parts it can be found in the aisle with the other Mexican food stuff Smile

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Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:39 PM

We used to like Mexican vanilla, until we found out it contained something horrible - was it arsenic? Oh, well.

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:43 PM

Quote from mkoory on 4/16/2009 at 3:21 PM:

To my understanding, HFCS is not metabolized by the body the same way as an 'unprocessed' sugar. The insulin reaction goes something like this(please correct me if I'm wrong): ingest HFCS, insulin responds, insulin can't transport HFCS into cells like it is supposed to, body says Hey- I just released all this insulin and there's nothing to transport! Help, eat something I can bind this insulin with! Because of this reaction, HFCS does not satisfy the appetite control in the body. Therefore, more food is desired. Hunger. Over consumption of calories.

Maybe. Maybe not. This is the speculation, but there is little (if any) science to support it.

Quote from Teresadfp on 4/16/2009 at 3:39 PM:

We used to like Mexican vanilla, until we found out it contained something horrible - was it arsenic? Oh, well.

Huh? "Mexican vanilla", unlike Mexican coke which is produced by a single monolithic company, is produced by lots of different producers, companies, farmers, etc. That would be like saying, "California wine has arsenic in it". There is just too much diversity to make a blanket statement like that.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

cgerber

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:57 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 4/8/2009 at 8:17 PM:

Mayo is actually really good on fries.

+1

cgerber

posted: 4/16/2009 at 3:58 PM

Quote from Trent on 4/8/2009 at 11:19 PM:

They have Mexican Coke at Costco? Really? (Serious question)

Heck yeah!!

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