Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Richard Johnson on Fructose (Part 1 of 5)

[fornello123]

heh heh... Dick Johnson

[peggyholloway5]

Dr. Mercola has also recently posted an article about Splenda which is not just sucrolose but also contains maltodextrin as a bulking agent, which means it is not sugar-free. He also believes that pure sucrolose is unsafe. I'm not 100% convinced about that, but have quit using Splenda.

[peggyholloway5]

Fructose is fructose. Yes, you can get excessive fructose from fruit. Dr. Mercola has charts that show how much fructose is in different fruits and recommends restricting fructose from fruit consumption to 15g a day total. Get your vitamins from healthier sources such as leafy green veggies and avoid the insulin spikes from the sugars in fruit, and especially the liver damage from the fructose.

[TonyBeazley]

Do you think the sucrolose and sucrose sugar replacements are better and safe? That stuff scares me...

[fuhcq2]

@TonyBeazley sucrose is glucose and fructose bound together.... fruit is fine ....just dont eat 40 bananas in one sitting.

[beckweth]

In the sixties there were commercials that ended with "Better living through Chemicals". The same people that bring us High Fructose and all the other fake ingredients in "food".

[lookingOK]

Does this include Fructose from fruit?

[DerekChaunessey]

That's what I comment on yesterday on the part two video. I didn't see part one up until today.

My real question. Why does Dr. Johnson say beer, but not wine, and possibly not other alcohols, lead to Metabolic Syndrome symptoms, such as fatty liver. Isn't all alcohol the same, no matter the original source? Wine is made from fruit, and beer is made from grains, rum from sugar, and vodka from potatoes, part of the nightshade family. Maybe the real clue is beer being made from grains.

[1strengthandhealth9]

@lookingOK No, because fructose concentrations are lower, minerals required for its metabolism are packaged together, so leaching doesn't occur the same way. Fruit is not bad. The problem is concentrated of fructose packaged as a sweetener.

[derek2010x]

@1strengthandhealth9 I like the idea that fruit comes packaged with minerals required for it's metabolism. Can you point me to a reference? Ideally a organic chemistry textbook, article, research paper or anything of that ilk as opposed to some sketchy vegan website.

Thanks

[thehalo2renegade]

@lookingOK yes, but the fructose isnt absorbed as quickly when you have the fiber from the fruit present, fruit juice is just as bad as soda though