Sugar Turned On Me

From time to time, I need to give credit where credit is due and to let people know where I misspoke. This is one of those times.

Error the First:

In discussing Disney pulling the Hannah Montana diabetes episode , I speculated that they pulled it over not wanting to offend their sponsors as I found it more likely than they were being responsible. Turns out I should have given them more credit. One of the people who read the post (thanks, AC) advised me that the episode was pulled because:

1. Saying that Type 1 diabetics could not have sugar at all, when they can with appropriate care and doses of meds.
2.  Misrepresented Type 1 Diabetes as being caused by too much sugar, when it’s a condition that develops at birth.
3. Called the diabetic character “sugar boy” which is kinda a jerk move.
4. Also, never showing the kid take his blood sugar or take insulin or referencing that he might, which kind of cut down on the educational value of the storyline.

So my apologies to the House of the Mouse for doubting them. You can call of the assassins dressed like Goofy now.

Error the second:

When describing the effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup, I said that sucrose was processed by every cell in the body. I got my sugars wrong: glucose is processed by every cell in the body .

Fructose, however, is still only processed by the liver. So while I got my facts wrong, it wasn’t about the part I was giving as a warning.

Though of a note, there’s apparently some concern of mercury levels in high fructose corn syrup due to a recent study. So if you needed another reason to shun the stuff, congratulations, you got one.

Thanks again for reading. New information to follow soon.

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