High Fructose Corn Syrup Makes You Fat

[liveonearth]

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[rinku]

I wish it did that for me! I'm 6'3 and 130 lbs. I don't take HFCS any more (or even much sugar) but I did have a lot of it when younger and never weighed more than I am now.

[liveonearth]

Do you know why you are so lean? How is your GI function? Are you absorbing your food?

[rinku]

I think it's just that I don't eat as much as I should -- my impression is that most people my height eat 3000+ calories a day, whereas I eat 1500-2500 calories a day last time I counted for a week or so. I'll count again this week to see if it has changed, since last I counted was a few years ago.

I don't know what a GI function is, how do I measure it? How do I measure whether I'm absorbing food?

[liveonearth]

There's not a direct way to measure, but you can check some aspects nutrition status with blood panels, and you can do imaging and scoping to get a look at the surface of your intestine, to see if it looks functional. The scoping is invasive, and the imaging is expensive, so you probably don't need to do it unless you think your leanness is a problem. If you're just a light eater, have good energy levels and show no signs of nutritional deficiencies, that could be all the explanation you need. There are those who say that a calorie restricted diet is THE MOST healthy way to go, and the way to live the longest.