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Bytes Europe<p>Chinese team says carbon dioxide can turn to sugar, offering solution to global problems <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1193988/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1193988/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amylopectin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amylopectin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amylose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amylose</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonDioxide</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cellobiose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cellobiose</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cellooligosaccharides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cellooligosaccharides</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChineseAcademyOfSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseAcademyOfSciences</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Enzymes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enzymes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fructose</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/methanol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methanol</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScienceBulletin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceBulletin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SoutheastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoutheastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Starch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sucrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sucrose</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>1/3 of Canadians are obese; steep increase during COVID-19 pandemic<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/obesity-canada-covid-19-study-1.7583300" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/health/obesity-can</span><span class="invisible">ada-covid-19-study-1.7583300</span></a></p><p>Comments:<br>* too many calories<br>* processed foods<br>* sugar + fat<br>* fructose over-consumption: HFCS, glucose-fructose - cane sugar "waste" liquid easily shipped; corporations add to everything to feed consumers' sweet-tooth addictions, drive profit at societal expense (obesity crisis)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obesity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obesity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fructose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HFCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HFCS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ObesityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObesityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a></p>
RDN<p>A summary of research indicating that cerebral fructose metabolism is a driver for Alzheimer's disease, resulting from diets high in fructose or in high-glycemic-index foods:</p><p><a href="https://techfixated.com/scientists-propose-one-dietary-cause-for-alzheimers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techfixated.com/scientists-pro</span><span class="invisible">pose-one-dietary-cause-for-alzheimers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dementia</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diet</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fructose</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p>I promised my friend Carolyn, who's story is in this, that I would bump this along, everyday for a week. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sugar</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/glucose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glucose</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fructose</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HFI</span></a> . Please read, especially if you've young 'uns <a href="https://mas.to/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/colic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colic</span></a> and other <a href="https://mas.to/tags/symptons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symptons</span></a><br><a href="https://hfisupport.org.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hfisupport.org.uk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p>The power of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> OK folks, please read, copy and bump this on. My friend Carolyn is featured. Lets move it on. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fructose</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sugar</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Colic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Infants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infants</span></a> <a href="https://hfisupport.org.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hfisupport.org.uk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>And this is a photograph I've just made especially for all of you </p><p>Tea drinkers rule!</p><p>Coffee drinkers are fine too </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Caffeine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caffeine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Drink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Warm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/No" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>No</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Saccharine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saccharine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/High" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>High</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fructose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Corn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Syrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syrup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nikon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/81A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>81A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/HighFructoseCornSyrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighFructoseCornSyrup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sugar</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>When was the last time that you took your cup of tea from a different perspective?</p><p>This is one of my ceramic coffee mugs.</p><p>It can withstand extremely high temperatures making it perfectly suitable for tea. If I would want to melt metal in it it would not be any problem {not really you can just put the molten metal in it}</p><p>On the link you can read a little about ceramics and about the power that they have when withstanding extreme Heat!</p><p>I'm not going to tell you that tea is better than your coffee, or that coffee is better than tea, I mean how long will you live, 90 years? then you're very lucky, 70 years? that may be about the average, 60 years? that means you're having a lot of fun, 50 years? that means you have had too much fun, whatever it is drink what you like, and be blissful in the moment just like me</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerami</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p>@altbot</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Caffeine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caffeine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Drink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Warm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/No" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>No</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Saccharine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saccharine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/High" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>High</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fructose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Corn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Syrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syrup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/HighFructoseCornSyrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighFructoseCornSyrup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sugar</span></a></p>
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic<p>Healthy diet and exercise better than medication in treatment (and prevention) of diabetes and with improvement of cardiovascular heath biomarkers!</p><p>TLDR: Exercise andstay away from fructose, corn syrup and ultra-processed foods (most anything in a box!)</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/exercise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exercise</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/diabetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diabetes</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/longevity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longevity</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/cardiac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardiac</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/cardiovascular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardiovascular</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/stroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stroke</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hypertension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypertension</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/cholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cholesterol</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/fructose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fructose</span></a></p><p><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1879578836775707063.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">threadreaderapp.com/thread/187</span><span class="invisible">9578836775707063.html</span></a></p>
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Added sugar intake & associations w. incidence of 7 cardiovascular diseases in 69,705 Swedish men/women
frontiersin.org/journals/publi
HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

* adverse health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages
* implications of o/a added sugar intake unclear
* assoc. added sugar intake/cardiovascular dis. vary by disease/source of sugar

Comment: much disuss. of fructose in HN link

#health#diet#sugar
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

/1 Canola oil: synthetic crap

* check food pkg fo: HFCS; corn syrup; glucose-fructose; fructose-glucose
* corporations put it into literally everything they can
* min. consumption of processed foods

* generally consume natural over (corporate) synthetic:
butter not margarine
lard not Crisco
olive oil (EVOO; source carefully re: counterfeits) not canola (processed junk)

Canola oil: backstory/processing
youtube.com/watch?v=c1kyubykrv
youtube.com/watch?v=Cfk2IXlZdb

#health#food#diet
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Fructose: Adverse health effects
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose

* evidence that fructose/other added free sugars assoc. w. incr. risk of sev. chronic diseases
* risk for obesity/dyslipidemia; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; type 2 diabetes; hypertension

Comments:
* caution: like tobacco industry, sugar/fat industries enormously profit f. HFCS
* beware biased, industry-sponsored research
* note funders, associations

#food #sweeteners #HFCS #GlucoseFructose #fructose
#T1D #T2D #diabetes #metastudy

en.wikipedia.orgFructose - Wikipedia
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] High-fructose corn syrup | HFCS | glucose-fructose
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fru

* sweetener made f. corn starch
* corn syrup made f. starch of corn/maize
* to make HFCS, corn syrup further processed by D-xylose isomerase to convert some of its glucose into fructose
* HFCS was marketed early 1970s by Clinton Corn Processing Company

COMMENTS
* value-added waste product
* liquid: easily transferred/transported rail tankers

en.wikipedia.orgHigh-fructose corn syrup - Wikipedia
#food#sweeteners#HFCS
Matt Willemsen

Obesity Unraveled: Scientists Propose Unifying Theory
New research proposes fructose as the key driver of obesity, unifying various dietary theories. The “fructose survival hypothesis” suggests that fructose consumption depletes active energy and hinders appetite control, thereby contributing to an energy imbalance that promotes weight gain. This new perspective could guide more effective obesity prevention and management approaches.
scitechdaily.com/obesity-unrav #obesity #fructose #diet #appetite #control #energy #WeightGain

SciTechDaily · Obesity Unraveled: Scientists Propose Unifying TheoryRecent research led by CU Anschutz researcher Richard Johnson, MD, unifies a number of hypotheses behind the dietary cause of obesity that once seemed incompatible. For a long time, nutrition specialists have understood that Western eating patterns, which are high in fats and sugars, might be a con
Albert Cardona

Obesity and the fructose survival hypothesis:

“Fructose is unique in resetting ATP levels to a lower level in the cell as a consequence of suppressing mitochondrial function, while blocking the replacement of ATP from fat.”

“obesity is a disorder of energy metabolism, in which there is low usable energy (ATP) in the setting of elevated total energy. This leads to metabolic effects independent of excess energy while the excess energy drives weight gain.”

“The fructose survival hypothesis as a mechanism for unifying the various obesity hypotheses”, by Johnson et al. 2023
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

#obesity#fructose
Matt Willemsen

Excessive Fructose Metabolism Explains Obesity and Epidemics of Obesity-Associated Diseases: Study
The fructose survival hypothesis proposes that obesity and metabolic disorders may have developed from over-stimulation of an evolutionary-based biologic response (survival switch) that aims to protect animals in advance of crisis.
sci.news/medicine/excessive-fr #Excessive #Fructose #Metabolism #Obesity #Epidemics #ObesityAssociatedDiseases #Survival #switch #evolution

Sci.News: Breaking Science NewsExcessive Fructose Metabolism Explains Obesity and Epidemics of Obesity-Associated Diseases: Study | Sci.NewsObesity and its associated metabolic diseases have had devastating health consequences on modern society.
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