Comments on Dr. Jonny Bowden's Blog: This Just In from The Journal of the American Medi...

That is an excellent point! warmlyjb

2008-08-26T18:36:00.000-07:00

That is an excellent point!

warmly
jb

In regard to the 2nd study that women who had the ...

2008-08-26T17:40:00.000-07:00

In regard to the 2nd study that women who had the highest Vitamin C levels had the lowest risk of diabetes, Gary Taubes in "Good Calories, Bad Calories" states that glucose uses the same enzymatic pathway in the body as Ascorbic Acid (aka Vit. C) and that this was the reason that Arctic explorers living only on meat could survive and not develop scurvy. My point is that low blood levels Vitamin C may be a marker for excessive consumption of carbohydrates. It may be that high consumption of sugars and starches is preventing absorption of Vit. C

Hi TerriYou could try ACCELERADE, which is pretty ...

2008-08-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hi Terri

You could try ACCELERADE, which is pretty darn good. Or you could simply take a multimineral pill with potassium, magnesium, etc (even a little sea salt), and make your own water based diluted juice drink like you mention- just add the pill for electrolytes.

otherwise, small amounts of gatorade are probably fine. I too hate the HFCS but if you can't get through class without it, what are you gonna do?

warmly
jb

I wish someone would do a similar study when it co...

2008-08-04T06:41:00.000-07:00

I wish someone would do a similar study when it comes to the consumption of "sweet tea" as they call it down here in North Carolina. I moved to NC from PA and the first thing that shocked me was the amount of iced tea that is consumed here with tons of sugar. It's everywhere! It's served at Chinese restaurants, fast food joints, in school cafeterias, etc. Many people here think that they're consuming something healthy because they hear about the health benefits of tea. Ugh!

Hi Jonny. I'm curious about sports drinks like Ga...

2008-07-30T14:05:00.000-07:00

Hi Jonny. I'm curious about sports drinks like Gatorade. Much as I dislike drinking it because of the high fructose corn syrup and neon color, I find I can't get thru my intense, 90 minute heated power yoga classes without it. I've tried just plain water, sometimes with 100% juice, but it's not replacing the electrolytes, and leaves me drained and exhausted. Any recommendations that are healthier than Gatorade, that provide what sweat takes out of us? Thanks for your input...

Any time we get too involved in the processing of ...

2008-07-29T18:34:00.000-07:00

Any time we get too involved in the processing of our own food, we screw up what nature has developed for us over the past couple hunded thousand years.

I took my 8 year old daughter for a bike ride on the Hollywood Board Walk (Hollywood, FL) where we found Josh's Organic Garden, a small organic farmer's market. We sat down and I treated her to a freshly juiced apple juice. She said it was the best tasting juice she'd ever had. It tasted like a real apple she said.

Pasturize that juice and it's basically sugar water with no active enzymes, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants..etc..etc..

Eventually, when all these people are obese and dying, they'll eventually admit their commercialy raised and processed foods are exactly the reason we have an obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. etc. etc. problem in the USA.

Thanks again JB for bringing this information to the public.

Hello. In Australia there has been a bit of press ...

2008-07-29T16:26:00.000-07:00

Hello. In Australia there has been a bit of press about fructose being metabolised by the liver and contributing to fatty liver. It is used in processed foods due to it being addictive and I have seen it in some protein powders. Thanks for your interesting site. Lynn

Suzique- hi- they also studied diet sodas which di...

2008-07-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

Suzique-

hi- they also studied diet sodas which did not seem to confer the same diabetes risk, though other studies have shown increase in risk of obesity for increased consumption of diet sodas.

warmly
jb

You're absolutely right, but I didn't think it was...

2008-07-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

You're absolutely right, but I didn't think it was significant or material. All studies are performed on some limited population group (men over 40, postmenopausal women, kids in Iowa, etc). The mechanisms for diabetes, insulin and sugar are the same, so the study is relevant to everyone. In fact, since this population has a high rate of diabetes, it's even more relevant for determining the contributing factors.

warmly
jb

Jonny,You failed to mention that the study was per...

2008-07-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

Jonny,
You failed to mention that the study was performed on African-American women.

Hi Dr Jonny--love your blog. I'm curious if this s...

2008-07-29T11:48:00.000-07:00

Hi Dr Jonny--love your blog. I'm curious if this study is only for sugar- (or HFCS-) sweetened sodas/juice drinks or if it also included those sweetened with artificial sweeteners such as sucralose? Thanks for all the great info you provide!