Soluble Corn Fiber Role In Gut Health + Calcium Absorption

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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/249957.php

New Research: Soluble Corn Fiber Plays Important Role In Gut Health And Calcium Absorption

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  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited September 2012

    This is so weird that you posted this. I had a co-worker from Korea who, at every meal, drank this "stuff" and I never knew what it was, but it had this funky smell so I had to ask. Turns out he boiled corn silk in water and drank the reduction. He told me (about 8 years ago, if memory serves), how healthy this was for you. I thought he was mental.....now it seems he was just a lot smarter than me, or these researchers who took 8+ years to figure it out. Don't I feel the fool.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2012

    A word of caution - tate&lyle is a HUGE sugar conglomerate, and the product is 20% sugar. Anybody know who FUNDED the study?  Kind of like big Yogurt manufacturers encouraging women with breast cancer to increase their consumption of a dairy product.....

    Suggest good ole steel cut oats, bought in bulk, in good health food store or co-operative isa purer form of fiber, soluble & nonsoluable.

    There is a HUGE consumer effort to get GMA ( grocery manufacturers of america) and their members to LABEL CORN FRUCTOSE, so expect those selling the junk, er, ah, stuff, are working like bandits to try to reconfigure their marketing positions.  So what else is new???? 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2012

    Figured it would be something along these lines - only took one call to a friend to get the scoop ( as in sugar, or corn fructose!)

    http://suite101.com/article/link-between-corn-syrup--artificial-sweeteners-a157527

    trying to get around the words HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP....amazing...buyer beware still holds true.Such fun to watch these companies trying to "relabel"their products...

    Don't suppose anyone is old enough to remember when BioSolids were called by their correct name: TOXIC SLUDGE.

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  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited September 2012

    When I read the article, I assumed it was funded by Tate & Lyle. It doesn't matter to me who funds the study, more so that the references are credible. 

    For some reason, this reminds me of a study I read long ago, all of these people who grew up in the sterile, "anti-bacterial" environment who were constantly sick. The one researcher submitted the theory that all you had to do to fix it was "eat a little dirt". Turns out he was right all along. The study was funded by Proctor & Gamble and someone else (sorry, don't remember the name) I assume to hail the merits of their soaps, wipes, etc. Even though the study didn't result with findings in their favor, the results were still published...and partially funded by them.  

    I suppose a conspiracy is possible, considering the number of "corn fructose" commercials that are invading tv. I guess it remains to be seen. I just find it interesting that I heard about it's benefits so many years ago and now it's making the Medical News Today headlines. I'm taking into consideration, that my co-worker had no stake in anything other than his own health.

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited September 2012

    This sounds like a swap for corn fructose and look how rampant that is in beverages and food products.  More "junk" filler IMO.  I avoid corn as I've seen the local produce heavily sprayed with pesticides plus genetically modified ---- not good for us.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2012

    Toxic Sludge is Good for You by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, founders of PR Watch

    http://www.prwatch.org/tsigfy.html

    This is another industry sham.  There are MANY good sources of NON SUGAR insoluble fiber, many.

    Anyone who wants to know how the food industry uses marketing, Toxic Sludge is Good for You explains all.

    Dr. David Kessler, his book The End of Overeating - takes on the food & restaurant industry, the same way he did tobacco when he was head of the FDA.

    Mark Bittman is also a good source of information online, for good food, and nutrition "myths" - his expose of the milk industy is, well, eye opening.  He has his own website:  http://markbittman.com/

    http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html

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