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Commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
I only give my kids organic cane sugar in their dairy drink....
Commented on Boy likens murder of younger brother to wanting a hamburger
Dexter has a code, maybe he just related because he is ginger....
Commented on The dumbest thing I heard anyone say in 2009
"there's backroom talk of martial law" or basically anything else from Sarah Palin parking lot....
Commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
@octopod: "it's just a vanity thing anyways, if you think it'll make you look cooler , go for it." Would you say the same thing to someone in a wheelchair? I was told I looked better with glasses, but they...
Commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
20/600 to 20/20 overnight. I paid $3k. I would pay $10k if I had to. It isn't about the cost vs. glasses or contacts. It improved my life in ways I can't put a price on....
Commented on The poster that convinced Switzerland to ban minarets
What's the big deal? Marionettes have always creeped me out, especially that scene from the sound of music. Didn't that take place in Sweden too?...
Commented on Report: Sarah Palin "bus tour" a hoax, more like "private jet tour"
her stance on late term abortion has also come into question, as she was once quoted as saying "drill baby, drill"...
Commented on Maker Shed kiosks at Fry's
this is great! frys hobby and microcontroller kits are usually limited to simple or overpriced offerings from parallax like basic stamp or propeller hydra kits. awesome to see a platform like arduino get some retail exposure....
Commented on Advisor: What will happen if I clone my dog?
i spent a week nursing my cat back to health when i rescued her, and she's been glued to me ever since. a clone might be totally indifferent to me....
Commented on The 100 greatest quotes from The Wire
fair enough. I guess I would have been upset too if someone told me that McNulty was a Cylon....
Commented on The 100 greatest quotes from The Wire
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Commented on Infographic: Projected pot tax revenues
@16 "I mean, who breaks the law knowing that they will most likely get caught, have jail time and/or large fines?" Beyond common criminals, those who are practicing civil disobedience. It is an important part of how our society evolves,...
Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
@2: we're not racist, but she' a *communist*!...
Commented on Quebec solves H1N1 vaccination queues with Disneyland Fastpasses
This is why people fear socialized medicine. Here in America, you order a vaccine and it arrives at your house in 10 minutes, delivered by fighter jets and handed to you by football player. The vaccine itself is infused into...
Commented on Just Thinking About the Charmin Bears Makes Me Cringe
well I've been to countries where shitting was illegal....
Commented on Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum
also worth noting that McKenna's book came out in the late 70's, before the Maya language was decoded in the mid 80's...
Commented on Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum
I read Terence McKenna's 'Timewave Zero' about 10 years ago, so I was amazed as this 2012 b.s. gained critical mass to the point that they would make a movie exploiting it. Does anyone remember that guest on Colbert a...
Commented on Americans watch about 5 hours of TV every day.
this statistic isn't as useful as the median television time, as some americans skew the result by watching 6,000 hours of television a day....
Commented on Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people?
@26: he/she must ALLOW the disabled person to make the changes, at the tenant's own cost how far can they take this? does this mean a 1,000 pound person can knock holes in the side of the house so they...
Commented on A fast food morning with the Tesla Roadster Sport
taco bell? isn't there an in and out burger right outside that target? also, am i to understand you put ketchup in your coffee?...
Commented on What actual Mayans are saying about 2012
The earliest reference I have found to a Dec 12, 2012 end-times scenario in Western culture is from Terence McKenna's 'The Invisible Landscape' (1975). Oddly, it doesn't really talk about the Mayans. It is based on the iChing. It also...
Commented on SGI releases personal supercomputer
..hmm looks like my stack of "less than" symbols got removed....
Commented on SGI releases personal supercomputer
#22 Just because gpgpu hasn't matured doesn't mean it isn't relevant. Projects like gelato don't match the quality of the big boys, but it demonstrates the potential. 3d rendering can be threaded, which is why render farms have many nodes...
Commented on SGI releases personal supercomputer
I imagine this would sit under the desk of a designer at a big studio so they don't have to worry about the farm taking a hit when everyone renders at once. I can also see this being used for...
Commented on Working handcuff keys printed on a 3D printer
I assumed the Dutch used wordcuffs to resolve problems....
Commented on Michael Jackson Etch A Sketch artwork
he should make an etch a sketch that records knob movements and then use a machine to replicate the movements. sure it cheapens it a little, but you could share it with more people....
Commented on Brazillian crime-TV host ordered executions to boost ratings, say cops
there was also season 5 of the wire, where the cops were making natural deaths look like murders, and the reporter was making stuff up too. The cops knew he was a liar because they were bigger liars....
Commented on Judge sentences man to 6 months for yawning in court
Al Sharpton is greasing his hair as we speak....
Commented on Twitpocalypse: "Open Source Twitter" proposed as antidote to Twitter's DDOS vulnerability
Link giving a 404. I'm curious if this means many content hosts, or would our client machines be acting as a load-balanced server mesh. I see this being incredibly important for communication in situations like Iran, where there is a...
Commented on Musical kettle that whistles your favorite tune
can it play "kettle whistle"?...

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CANTFIGHTTHEDITE commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
On a related note, isn't the price of sugar in North America high as a result of the U.S. Sugar Program? Isn't that the reason for HFCS? I've always assumed it's easier to get sugar from sugar cane than it is to get HFCS from corn....
IWood commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
HFCS is not the same thing as sugar. The critical difference is that “sugar” (i.e. beet- or cane-derived sucrose) is not just a mixture of fructose and glucose. It’s a disaccharide, which is formed when two monosaccharides (fructose and glucose) are joined together via a dehydration reaction and form a glycosidic bond. The body uses an enzyme (sucrase) to break that bond via hydrolisis. This process slows and controls the rate of sugar absorption (fructose and glucose) into the bloodstream. HFCS is not a disaccharide. It is a physical mixture of pure glucose and pure fructose, with no glycosidic bond...
Xopher commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
THANK you for explaining the chemistry here. I'd add that the extremely high water-solubility of fructose changes its absorbtion rate as well. The difference in solubility between fructose (and glucose) on the one hand, and sucrose on the other, is not at all subtle. I'm an amateur chocolatier, and I've made cherry cordials (you know, those chocolates with the cherry in syrup in the center). Those are made by filling a chocolate cup with a cherry and fondant (a microcrystalline paste of sucrose and water) thinned with a little cherry liqueur and a tiny bit of sucrase; when the fondant...
The Life Of Bryan commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
when shopping for your groceries, look for that "Now With Less Fructose!" Some of us have been doing that for years. Since last year it’s become more and more common to find sandwich bread in mainstream grocery stores trumpeting that fact. (I’d like to think this means we finally made it show on the spreadsheets, that the free market is starting to do its thing, but I’m probably being a bit idealistic on that one.)...
Jonathan Badger commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
Studies like this are interesting, but it is important to realize that initial studies like this are meant to stimulate further research. Often laypeople accept or reject findings based on their own biases, which is not legitimate. Personally, as a scientist, I worry that publicizing such early results undermines public confidence in science because they see science as indecisive (Coffee is bad for you? Last year you said it was *good*) rather than understanding that science is a dialogue among scientists conducted in peer reviewed journals that eventually reaches a reasonable consensus....

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