New Findings on Fructose

No fructose here.

The latest “new findings” regarding weight loss is that the sweetener, “fructose,” stops the “I’m full” mechanism from shutting off in the brain, so we overeat. And THIS is one of the causes of our obesity problem in the United States. I’m not buying it.

High fructose corn syrup is a sugar. Read labels, people. STOP BUYING FOOD WITH HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP! And learn how many carbs you should eat everyday. AND CUT YOUR PORTION SIZES!

Corn is a starch already and you’re adding sugar (fructose) with some corn. If you read your labels on everything in your typical lunch or dinner that had high fructose corn syrup in it, you would more than likely find yourself eating a big plate of corn with a cup of sugar on it. Oh, that sounds yummy, right?

…and then there are the portions.

Just because a portion size is given on the side of a box, or in a recipe (which is where you should be getting more of your portion sizes from anyway – not off of PROCESSED FOOD BOXES!), does that mean you have to eat it? I had better have heard a ‘no.’

Portion sizes have gotten bigger in this country. Look at your plate in a restaurant. Now look at a plate in a French restaurant. The portion size in a French bistro is about ¼ of what a portion is the United States.

Yes, size does matter

To get fructose out of your diet, eat more vegetables. Eat less of the starchy ones than you do the others. Eat no more than two servings of fruit a day. One large banana can be considered two fruits, as would one large apple. Size matters, and that is something Americans typically don’t take into account.

Portion sizes have increased

Food companies HAVE INCREASED PORTION SIZES SO BE CAREFUL. Also, read the labels on your sports drinks if you indulge in those (I have a Revive Vitamin Water every once in a while because I eat tired of eating bananas and just need a quick potassium jolt.) The servings on those bottles changed, from TWO servings, to now ONE serving. Was it an effort to get you to buy more? Probably. But it’s also making you fatter in the process. A serving size of most drinks is one cup. That’s 8 oz., people. For fruit juice, it’s one-half cup, or 4 oz.

Watch your butt…. er, bottom

What it all comes down to is this: READ YOUR LABELS. Educate yourself. The food industry wants PROFITS. If you eat less, you BUY less. That doesn’t help their bottom line…. But it does make your bottom grow!

Green is the New, Better Workout

Did you know that the color GREEN can improve the quality of your workout? It's not just about taking your workout outside, it's also surrounding yourself with that color that simply makes the workout better, according to researchers at the University of Essex. Read more at the Huffington Post.

Breast Cancer and IVF

This week on The Today Show, Guiliana Rancic reported that she is in the early stages of breast cancer. I am truly sorry that she received this diagnosis. HOWEVER, I am not buying into the fact that her two previously failed attempts at IVF have nothing to do with her cancer. I don't give a shit what the doctors are saying. I'm an RN, those shots RAISE a woman's hormone levels and estrogen IS a big factor in many types of breast cancer. Go get someone else to drink the Kool-Aid. 


If there was NO connection whatsoever, her doctor would not have forced her to get a mammogram before he started the IVF. It was either in her history (she has an aunt that's a breast cancer survivor), OR he thought.... "Hmmm, two rounds of IVF, there's a better than average chance she could have developed breast cancer......" To a nurse, this is one of those DUH moments that make us crazy. Snaps to the doctor for insisting. Shame on the morning news pundits that say there is absolutely NO CONNECTION. You idiots have more than once had egg on your faces and been forced to retract your earlier statements to say "Wellllll, at the time, there was no connection." Nope, there was always a connection, assholes, it was simply never studied. 


To someone who knows a bit about the body, how could the medical profession ever have thought there would never be a risk of breast cancer when receiving IVF.... how? how? how? Oh, that's right, the medical profession has only in the last several years recognized that the women's health practice cannot be based on the male model of health and physiology. That's not a lie.


Wonder how much doctors started writing grant proposals to the NIH already? Probably none, right? Because there's no connection. Pfft!