Del Cecchi wrote:
> "Marshall Price" <d021317c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> dedaman wrote:
>>> On Apr 6, 4:52 pm, "Annie" <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Does orange juice cause weight gain?
>>>> I drink one cup of orange juice every morning.
>>>> I do not drink coffee, tea, soda.
>>>>
>>>> I was told orange juice has too many calories and does cause weight
>>>> gain?
>>>> Any fact to this?
>>> I used to run 5+ miles on hills 5*/week even though winter and rain. I
>>> squeezed myself 3 oranges, a grape and a lime every time after I ran.
>>> I didn't get sick for 3 years in a row, despite most of my coworkers
>>> having flu every winter. I live near the Alps.
>>>
>>> I probably overdid it, but, at that time, I trained real hard and also
>>> smoked. Smoking reduces your vitamin C levels, so... It had no side
>>> effects on me.
>>> Now I have the same amount 2-3 times a week maybe, or when I feel I
>>> need it. I am still an active runner though.
>> That sounds fine to me. The problem is that as we age, cortisol and
>> insulin linger longer in our blood: half an hour for a kid; 12 hours
>> for old people. If you're burning off the sugar within a couple hours,
>> or just taking enough to raise a low blood sugar level to normal, that
>> shouldn't cause any trouble. (It would make more sense to me to drink
>> the juice before the run, though.)
>>
>> My grandmother used to drink the juice of two oranges and half a lime
>> every morning. But that was much less than a cup. On the other hand,
>> she wasn't running!
>
> I had been led to believe fructose doesn't increase insulin. Is that
not
> true?
I must confess I don't know, and had simply assumed it did. I did read
somewhere that excessive fructose presented problems for diabetics, but
I've put my main diabetes-related book out of reach. I hope somebody
else will contribute some insight!
I also wonder whether fructose may cause any rebound effect, the way
glucose and sucrose can.
> And if insulin stays elevated longer than the associated elevated
> blood glucose in older people, wouldn't that cause a problem with the
> blood glucose dropping too low?
Ordinarily it would, which is problematic enough, but when complicated
by insulin resistance, it causes hyperglycemia, an even worse problem.
--
Marshall Price of Miami
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