Posts by cham9858

Forum	Topic	Date	Replies

Foods	negatives and pickles.	Jul 12 2007 08:45 (UTC)	3
Legally, on food labels calories have to be reported in increments of 5's (in the US at least). So if its below 5, it can be rounded down.
Weight Loss	Calorie Absorption Through Skin?	Aug 01 2006 17:36 (UTC)	5
I thought the same thing at first too: that is was kind of a ridiculous idea. But then I started to think of the logistics of it: Digestion breaks foods down into simpilar substances (ie glucose) which is then transported through the blood stream to indivdual cells to be used in glycolosis/respiration. Couldn't foods containing glucose be absorbed and used in this manner? I remember a post about chewing and spitting where it was brought to our attention that digestion/absorption begins in the mouth...
Weight Loss	How much sugar? Math, Information, Links and Articles!	Jul 26 2006 23:04 (UTC)	5
I am not denying that people need to watch the amount of sugar in their diets. However, I just don't want people to get overly concenrned/paranoid about healty risks that just aren't true. Alot of this information I have learned from text books and courses I have taken (I am studying food science, so I have taken many courses on the subject such as food chemistry, food toxicology, food safety, etc.) Here are a few links: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2006/406_swe eteners.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/pr ess01282003.html Sorry for deviating from the original topic!
Weight Loss	How much sugar? Math, Information, Links and Articles!	Jul 26 2006 22:34 (UTC)	7
Thanks for taking the time to find all of this information on sugar and related topics. However, some of this information is misleading and down right untrue. For Example: "Soda -... filled with harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame - NutraSweet, Equal (in the "diet" varieties)." "Aspartame* - ...(is) a chemical poison (neurotoxin) - should never been approved for consumption as it poses a public health threat." - where did this information come from? Artificial sweeteners (or non-nutrative sweeteners) are not GRAS substances. This means that the FDA tested and retested (more than 100 studies for most sweeteners) to check for safety. In fact, it takes almost 8 years for a substance to be approved as a food additive. "French Fries - Nearly all commercially fried foods are: ? high in trans fat (potatoes cooked at high temperatures in vegetable oils) ? high in free radicals harmful to the body ? high in acrylamide (up to 82 mcg per serving), a potent cancer-causing chemical formed as a result of unknown chemical reactions during high-temperature frying or baking." - first off, vegetable oils are not all high in trans fat, it is the hydrogenated ones that are. Many french fries are now making a move to oils that are trans fat free. Also, I wouldn't go as far to say that acrylamide is a "potent cancer-causing chemical." Studies have failed to show that there is an increased risk of cancer with high levels of consumption of acrylamide (300-1200 micrograms per kilogram body weight/ per day). Also to say that they are "formed as a result of unknown chemical reactions" is kind of silly. As any food chemist could tell you, they are formed from the amino acid asparagine reacting with reducing sugars usually at high temperatures. Take home message: Everything you read on the internet is not neccisarily true and everyone has their own agenda; take it with a grain of salt. Let's take the paranoia down a notch.

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