"Sugar is Sugar"

You've probably seen the commercial where the man says that he has done his research about high fructose corn syrup and that it reacts the same in your body as sugar.  He states "Sugar is Sugar" thus implying that "sugar" is ok in the first place.

Well, according to Mehmet Oz and Michael Roisen in their landmark book,"

You: the Owner's Manual..."

" One of the biggest evil influences on our diet is the presence of high-fructose corn syrup. (HFCS), a sugar substitute  that itself is a sugar found in soft drinks and many other sweet, processed foods.  The problem is that HFCS inhibits leptin secretion, so you never get the message that you're full.  Ands it never shuts off gherin*, so, even though you have food in your stomach, you constantly get the message that you're hungry.  ( See page 192)

*from wikipedia:

"Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid hunger-stimulating peptide and hormone that is produced mainly by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach and epsilon cells of the pancreas.^[1] Ghrelin levels increase before meals and decrease after meals. It is considered the counterpart of the hormone leptin, produced by adipose tissue, which induces satiation when present at higher levels. In some bariatric procedures, the level of ghrelin is reduced in patients, thus causing satiation before it would normally occur^[2].

Ghrelin is a potent stimulator of growth hormone from the anterior pituitary gland.^[3] The ghrelin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor, known as the growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Ghrelin binds to the GHSR1a splice-variant of this receptor which is present in high density in the hypothalamus, pituitary as well as vagal afferent cell bodies and vagal afferent endings throughout the gastro-intestinal tract ^[4][5]

Ghrelin plays a significant role in neurotrophy, particularly in the hippocampus, and is essential for cognitive adaptation to changing environments and the process of learning.^[6][7] Recently, ghrelin has been shown to activate the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase in a pathway that depends on various kinases including Akt.^["

Marla Roberds
Wellness Consultant and Cleansing Director
Roberds Chiropractic
~ Wellness & Pain Relief~
4038 Remington Dr. Suite 3
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479/582-1444
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