nutritional articles

[merchimerch]

Here are two sweetener related articles I found via the mercola blog. Both are a combo of no-brainer and harsh realization.

The first says that our cells remember even one dose of sugar for 2 weeks:
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=187166

The second says that Splenda/sucralose reduces the good bacteria in our intestines by 50%:
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=150785

It's nice to have some more ammunition for when I get in the "diet foods" are bad for you discussion. Now I'm contemplating a 2-week sweetener fast/detox, but I'm not sure about when to do that.

Comments

[aelfscine.livejournal.com]

I'm torn because it goes both ways - everything we eat is chemicals, be it bananas or banana-flavored corn syrup. Whether it's water or dihydrogen monoxide, our world is not split between 'food' and 'chemicals' but 'chemicals we eat' and 'chemicals we don't.'

[sps.livejournal.com]

Well, of course. But my genes have probably had millions of years of practise with bananas (not so much recently, but that's just me); banana-flavoured corn syrup is a novelty within my lifetime and in consequence there is zero evolutionary investment in interpreting that.

Lookit, we have a planet whose environment is characterised by salt water and oxygen. Sure, they're "just" chemicals, but they're some of the nastiest that you're likely to find lying around free (and in truth, the oxygen isn't; it has to be constantly replenished). The development of the current atmosphere was an ecocatastrophe that must have caused a 99.9% die-off. We have evolved to cope.

That banana-flavoured corn syrup? Wouldn't be the least surprised if it kills you. That's the process. That's how evolution works.

<sarcasm>Only America bets against Evolution.</sarcasm>