I felt this was an important item to post as I believe most of us don't know what happens with our bodies when we consume high fructose corn syrup (which unfortunately is in most processed foods).
This is taken from Dr. Oz's, You - The Owner's Manual
Our digestive sytem has two main hormones that control hunger and appetite. Ghrelin is secreted by the stomach and increases our appetite. When our stomach's empty, it sends Ghrelin in requesting food. Leptin tells your brain that you are full. When we eat, our fat cells secrete it so that we stop eating. One of the biggest evil influences in our diet is the presence of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sugar substitute that itself is a sugar found in soft drinks and many processed foods. The problem is that HFCS inhibits leptin secretion, so we never get the message that we are full. And it never shuts off ghrelin, so, even though we have food in our stomach, we constantly get the message that we are hungry (bad news). The double whammy on our hormones has contributed enormously to our collective enormity. When we consider that many American women will often obtain as much as 50% of their daily calories from salad dressing (which contains HFCS) you can see how this is a problem. While food manufacturers may eliminate fat, they make up for it in taste by adding HFCS (these are simple EMPTY calories).
Through sleep, our brain also plays a role in gut function. if you want to eat less, get more sleep. When you don't sleep enough, more ghrelin is secreted and less leptin is released. So lack of sleep can have the SAME effect as HFCS by causing you to eat MORE!!!
Recommendations from the American Heart Association — not a part of official U.S. dietary guidelines — say that most American women should consume no more than 100 calories a day from added sugar from any source, and that most American men should consume no more than 150 calories a day from added sugar, and that even less is better. That's about 6 teaspoons of added sugar for women and 9 for men.
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