Are high cholesterol levels associated with the consumption of products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup?
I think I read somewhere that it increases the levels of small, dense LDL (called LDL-B) cholesterol, which is much more dangerous than regular LDL ("bad") cholesterol.
If this is true, I guess soft drink consumption is as bad as eating butter and cheese on ones cholesterol? Maybe Fructose Corn Syrup in cereals are bad too?
Anyone know?
excess blood glucose leads to glycation, which damages arterial walls.You are right about LDL-B. They are called vldl levels.
Also, how would cheese and butter raise cholesterol? I thought everyone was aware that dietary cholesterol and fat is not bound to blood cholesterol.
Sugar causes inflammed vLDL, which causes CHD.
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Please see the web page for more details on the health effects of High fructose corn syrup. It is indicted as a possible reason in high obesity rates in United States. It induces the liver to produce more triglycerides to be circulated in the blood.
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet, which includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish, vegetables, poultry, and egg whites. Use monounsaturated oils such as olive, peanut, and canola oils or polyunsaturated oils such as corn, safflower, soy, sunflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils. Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#Health_effects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASH_diet
excess blood glucose leads to glycation, which damages arterial walls.You are right about LDL-B. They are called vLDL levels.
Also, how would cheese and butter raise cholesterol? I thought everyone was aware that dietary cholesterol and fat is not bound to blood cholesterol.
Sugar causes inflammed vLDL, which causes CHD.
References :
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