Doublereed Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 2006/04

From: PhilFrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: QOD 4/2/6
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:47:31 -0400

>> It is a fact that corn syrup does not satisfy the
>> body's craving for sweets as much as cane sugar. It is a fact that it has
>> a greater
>> tendency to become metabolized into fat (than cane sugar) and is linked to
>> insulin resistance.
>
>Phil,
>I looked through the F.D.A. studies and couldn't find corroborating
>evidence of these facts. Could you point me to some studies where this is
>shown?

Mark - Can you give me a couple of days? I need to track down the sources
used in a display at the UCSF Hospital cafeteria I saw last week, as they are
probably the most current and well-respected. I will email you personally when I
get the citations. Anyone else who wants study citations can also email me
personally.

>>Why are we talking about dietary stuff?
Matthew Harvell
Richmond Symphony Orchestra<<

I am talking diet stuff in response to a QOD about Dance and Music: ("The
truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never
lie."--Agnes de Mille). I feel that our national passivity about science (letting
people who want to sell us unhealthy products obfuscate matters) has lead
directly to a poor diet which is reflected in our national tendency towards poor
energy and obesity.

As a nation, we are fat, and increasingly diabetic and asthmatic. It is a
reflection on our national character, which is to a large extent passive. I don't
just mean about exercise and this is not just about diet. It's also about our
non-response to scientific facts about melting glaciers, increased CO2 in the
atmosphere, vanishing wetlands, etc. ("Anyone not panicking is not paying
attention.")

>I read somewhere that the corn syrup you use from your pantry to make
>that good fudge is not AS bad as the commercial kind that is used in all
>that "store-bought" stuff.
>
>I don't know, Phil, what to do . . .I'm not making so much fudge
>anymore. . .
>
>2 cents
>
>Barbara

I'm all for making our own cookies and brownies if we can't buy them with
decent ingredients. I'm sure they are much more satisfying than store-bought!
(And thus one would easily tend to eat less of them.)

My renewed enthusiasm about food issues was piqued yesterday, when I had an
egg brought home from a farm. One single egg, with a bit of salmon and spinach
and a piece of toast--it was the most satisfying breakfast I've had all year.
Very light portion, but I had excellent concentration for practising, good
steady energy for several hours, no cravings, no heaviness due to trying to
digest a mass of food (the local restaurants tend to sell 3-egg omeletes). I'm
wondering if it's possible to raise hens in an apartment building.

- Phil Freihofner

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