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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499447 9/8/2008 6:45 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
if you must use concentrated sugars instead of just eating fruit like nature intends, then use the only safe concentrated sweeteners that there are: barley malt syrup and brown rice syrup. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 322623
Why can't we buye SUGARCANE-SYRUP!
It is sweet enough to sweeten food and on top of it, it is very healthy!
You know the stuff you chew out off the sugar-cane?
I know that it even protects you from bacteria and viruses when you consume it!
Sorry, I lost the link but you can google it...
They used to sell it in the markets and in some Asian stores here in Australia, but it is hard to get.
Why?
That is all we would need IMHO. |
| NeoFistOfTheGolgoNin ja User ID: 498812 9/8/2008 6:49 AM
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if you must use concentrated sugars instead of just eating fruit like nature intends, then use the only safe concentrated sweeteners that there are: barley malt syrup and brown rice syrup.
Why can't we buye SUGARCANE-SYRUP!
It is sweet enough to sweeten food and on top of it, it is very healthy!
You know the stuff you chew out off the sugar-cane?
I know that it even protects you from bacteria and viruses when you consume it!
Sorry, I lost the link but you can google it...
They used to sell it in the markets and in some Asian stores here in Australia, but it is hard to get.
Why?
That is all we would need IMHO. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 499447
Isn't that what molasses is? [link to www.youtube.com]
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.-- Thomas Jefferson |
| veracity1st User ID: 497353 9/8/2008 6:52 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
HFCS is almost identical to table sugar
its a combo of Fructose and Glucose
HFCS as harmful is one of the biggest nonsense things ever on GLP
I agree I eat a ton of high fructoes corn syrup and I'm fine.
This is another liberal attempt at thwarting capitalism and destroying another worthy export product for us.
I say spread freedom throughout the world with high fructoes corn syrup!
First of all I love your sarcasm....that was sarcasm wasn't it? If not I wish you well with your sad life of disease. HFCS made from genetically modified corn is a poison but if you want to eat poison its ok with me and Darwin and all. But listen mother fucker dont you ever push poison on me or anyone else and tell me oh yea its great for you. You are just another right wing attempt at pushing shit to the public. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 380210
I don't like being poisoned either. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499447 9/8/2008 7:05 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
if you must use concentrated sugars instead of just eating fruit like nature intends, then use the only safe concentrated sweeteners that there are: barley malt syrup and brown rice syrup.
Why can't we buye SUGARCANE-SYRUP!
It is sweet enough to sweeten food and on top of it, it is very healthy!
You know the stuff you chew out off the sugar-cane?
I know that it even protects you from bacteria and viruses when you consume it!
Sorry, I lost the link but you can google it...
They used to sell it in the markets and in some Asian stores here in Australia, but it is hard to get.
Why?
That is all we would need IMHO.
Isn't that what molasses is? Quoting: NeoFistOfTheGolgoNinja
No! Molasses is the next step in the production, they are doing something to make it Molasses.
Molasses is very healthy as well, but tastes a bit like licourice...
Sugarcane-Syrup is a thick watery colored syrup which you get when you squeeze the cane!
There are juicer machines you can get for that.
Totally different to Molasses.
(Sorry, English is my second language) |
| Sireen-reborn  User ID: 491923 9/8/2008 7:34 AM
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Interesting. Word must be getting around, and people are turning up there noses at HFCS. Quoting: Evil Twin
Yup,...kinda like the barrage of blatant PharmCo commercials, especially the one that says "This is what it looks like 24 hours before your kid dies!" while showing healthy kids on swings and backyards!
The personal interest of Americans to get off the bad food and synthetic drugs is STARTING TO PAY OFF!
Keep it up folks, it's YOUR life they gamble with! anything after 'but' is bullshit!
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499458 9/8/2008 7:44 AM | | Anonymous Coward User ID: 499447 9/8/2008 8:34 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 499458
Thank you for the link!
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How is Lyle's Golden Syrup made?
Sugar syrup is acidified so that the sucrose inverts. Quite simply, the sucrose sugar molecule splits in half to give glucose and fructose sugars. This inverted syrup is blended back with the original syrup to give a partially inverted syrup. The secret of Lyle's Golden Syrup is the final blend of sucrose, glucose and fructose which allows the syrup to be so thick and velvety without crystallizing.
Lyle's Golden Syrup tins are made from flat sheets of tin-plated steel. The flat sheets are rolled from each end to make hollow tubes, and then the base and other components are added immediately before the tins are filled with Lyle's Golden Syrup. They are filled at speeds of up to 240 tins per minute on each of the two filling lines - one for the 454g and one for 907g tins.
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But there it is again! :" The secret of Lyle's Golden Syrup is the final blend of sucrose, glucose and fructose".......
You do not want a blend! You want the fresh unchanged CANEJUICE!!!
This product is again denaturized.- Sorry!
I do not need INVERTED SIRUP. fULL STOP! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499509 9/8/2008 9:21 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | Those guys are criminals! Sometimes I would like to go in Washington and kill alll those freaking bastards. But they say that we heal everything by love son instead I will love and the more the people will love, the weaker these freaking criminals will weaken. Make love in all ways to all! Peace! And fck those illuminatis.
And btw, Obama or Palin or anyone, who fckn cares, they are all the same bunch, all freakin criminals.
And GLP is probably the best army on earth to fight those criminals...Viva GLP!!! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 476627 9/8/2008 10:56 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Don't forget the obesity problem. It can kill, too. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 499016
That's MSG! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499319 9/8/2008 10:58 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Absolutely embarrassing and insane that people would actually target High Fructose Corn Syrup as something thats bad and kills.
its THE SAME AS TABLE SUGAR
it is made out of FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE 55%/45% MIX Where as table sugar is FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE 50%/50%
Just H Mother Fucking Christ Quoting: Anonymous Coward 499106
Corporate shill! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 415176 9/8/2008 11:13 AM | | Anonymous Coward User ID: 161076 9/8/2008 11:24 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | [link to www.healthmad.com]
High fructose corn syrup is the new silent killer. Sadly, it is found in almost everything we eat. find out how to avoid it.
One of the greatest ways we can improve our health is to eliminate high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from our diets.
What is HFCS?
HFCS is not the run of the mill corn syrup found on the grocery store shelf, nor is it the fructose naturally found in fruits and honey. HFCS is a highly refined clear liquid derived from corn starch. Food manufactures love to use it because of its long shelf life an it's relative low cost.
Why is HFCS Bad for us?
Since HFCS's widespread introduction in the 1980's North American obesity rates have skyrocketed. Obesity has been linked to may heath issues including heart disease and many forms of cancer. When HFCS is ingested, it travels straight to the liver which turns the sugary liquid into fat, and unlike other carbohydrates HFCS does not cause the pancreas to produce insulin; which acts as a hunger quenching signal to the brain. So we get stuck in a vicious cycle, eating food that gets immediately stored as fat and never feeling full.
Where is HFCS found?
HFCS is found in almost everything we eat today. However, the worst culprit has to be soft drinks. A single 12 oz can of cola has up to 13 tsp of sugar, most of it fructose from HFCS. There is HFCS hidden in many of our other food as well, like ketchup, relish, cookies, and most alarmingly in low-fat diet foods. Manufactures substitute HFCS for the fat in food like mayo and salad dressings, then mark them as diet foods.
How Can We Avoid HFCS?
Avoiding HFCS will take a lifestyle change for the better. The first food to go has to be the soft drinks; this includes fruit punch, fruit cocktails, and Kool-Aid since they are all laden with HFCS.
Second, eat more meals at home. Restaurant foods are mostly prepackaged foods reheated and served to you. Use of HFCS in these foods is wide spread because of their increased shelf life.
Third, diet while you shop. Since you are going to be eating most of your meals at home, you're going to want to fill your cupboards with the best foods. While shopping, read the labels, if HFCS, fructose, or modified corn starch appears within the first five ingredients place it back on the shelf an move on. Sounds easy right? Wrong. As you make your way through the store you will begin to realize just how much of what you have been eating on a daily basis contains HFCS.
Reducing HFCS will not alway be easy, but the health benefits are well worth it. You will feel stronger and more vital, it will lift your mood and give you increased concentration. Limiting your intake of HFCS will not only shrink your midsection but also do wonders for your over all health. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 161076 9/8/2008 11:28 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Slanker farms sells grass fed meats as well as real veggies.
www.slankerfarms.com Quoting: Anonymous Coward 433558
If they irradiate their veggies then they are no good for you. Do not listen to the deceivers who want you to believe that irradiating food is good for you. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 494203 9/8/2008 11:37 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
if you must use concentrated sugars instead of just eating fruit like nature intends, then use the only safe concentrated sweeteners that there are: barley malt syrup and brown rice syrup.
Why can't we buye SUGARCANE-SYRUP!
It is sweet enough to sweeten food and on top of it, it is very healthy!
You know the stuff you chew out off the sugar-cane?
I know that it even protects you from bacteria and viruses when you consume it!
Sorry, I lost the link but you can google it...
They used to sell it in the markets and in some Asian stores here in Australia, but it is hard to get.
Why?
That is all we would need IMHO.
Isn't that what molasses is?
No! Molasses is the next step in the production, they are doing something to make it Molasses.
Molasses is very healthy as well, but tastes a bit like licourice...
Sugarcane-Syrup is a thick watery colored syrup which you get when you squeeze the cane!
There are juicer machines you can get for that.
Totally different to Molasses.
(Sorry, English is my second language) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 499447
molasses comes from syrup made out of maple tree sap , sugar cane is used to make sugar syrup ....they are distinctly different |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 355552 9/8/2008 11:51 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | Molasses IS from SUGAR CANE!!!
duuhh!!!
It is also used to make rum.
Maple syrup has no connection to table sugar, or molasses.
Completely different flavor too.
Have you ever had invert(long cooked) maple cream?
So awesome.
When I make smoothies I sweeten them with maple syrup.
REAL maple syrup. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 355552 9/8/2008 11:59 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | When I cut drastically down on HFCS three years ago, I was finally able to lose that 100lbs I had been fighting for so long. My metabolism completely changed. I know this sounds like an ad, but I dont rollercoaster anymore.
My immune system works awesome, and I don't have to take antibiotics anymore. I used to take them all the time because my rotted out immune system couldn't fight while weakened by HFCS, and refined carbohydrates.
Also-no cake, no pasta, no potatoes(sweet potatoes are ok). Whole wheat is ok.
One big problem is cheap bread.
If you want whole wheat bread, great; but oftentimes they advertise as whole wheat, or healthy for you, and then you look on the ingredients and it has no more than 2 grams of fiber per serving.( As a general rule you want at least 4 grams of fiber per bread/carb serving.)
Then when you look at the ingredients most prepackaged 'whole wheat'(supposedly healthy?) bread has HFCS near the top o the list.
So you gotta spend more money to buy the whole wheat artisan breads, or make your own at home.
Read those ingredients.
The bastard lizardbrains want you to be so tired and underpaid that you are broken down into buying and eating poison. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 355552 9/8/2008 12:03 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | I can actually taste HFCS.
It ferments quickly into something nasty.
Ever smell the bottle return dept. at a grocery store?
Do you think thats a normal sugar smell...
Soda with sugar TASTES different. Sugar satisfies more.
If you've ever been to europe you can tell. Not many people in italy have diabetes, and they eat lots of decadent food. They don't drink a lot of soda, and what they do have doesn't have HFCS. There is no HFCS in Italy.
They are skinny and healthy, less cancer and diabetes. They also don't use hydrogeated fats or canola oil!!!
They even live longer. My grandfather is 100!! |
| The Monk User ID: 476842 9/8/2008 12:39 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Rats love HFCS but it kills them or at least that is what Meira Fields, Ph.D., research chemist at the USDA in Beltsville, Maryland says. "Rats normally live for a good two years, But the rats in my study fed a high-fructose, low copper diets are dying after 5 weeks." One of the few human studies of low-copper, high-fructose diets was abruptly stopped when 4 of the 24 subjects developed heart-related abnormalities, according to Fields. High fructose diets have also been implicated in the development of adult-onset diabetes. Fructose, especially when combined with other sugars, reduces stores of chromium, a mineral essential for maintaining balanced insulin levels, according to Richard Anderson, Ph.D., lead scientist at the Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 498963
The high level of Fructose also induces craving, causing over-eating. |
| Nada Khazar User ID: 221314 9/8/2008 1:50 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
HFCS kills
It's in nearly every processed food.
Those commercials are nothing but dangerous propoganda.
They had to do something to hit back against the companies that are switching to honey and/or pure sugar.
Check your labels
slowly but surely, food manufactuers are elimiminating HFCS & replacing it with sugar or honey.
Like hydrogenated oil, HFCS is on the FDA hit list Quoting: Anonymous Coward 418035
They are not really, though.Certain visible products have less likelihood of being contaminated with HFCS.Certain products have less likelihood of trans fats, but not all, or even most, by any means.
I am not sure how it works, but for certain, many products that proclaim "0 trans fat" DO contain hydrogenated oils.
Even stuff you would expect to be healthy, like 100% whole wheat bread is often made with hydrogenated oil, even now, today.
Check those labels on EVERY purchase, and assume nothing or you will get crapola in your cupboard. |
| Nada Khazar User ID: 221314 9/8/2008 2:00 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | Molasses is NOT made from Maple Syrup: Molasses is a thick, brown to deep black, honey-like substance made when cane or beet sugar is processed. It is enjoyed as a sweetener in many countries, and most particularly in England where it is called treacle. For hundreds of years, molasses and sulfur, or treacle and brimstone were thought to have healthful benefits, and children were frequently given doses of the product.
The constipating or sometimes laxative effect of brimstone and treacle could be misused to keep appetites down. Charles Dickens makes mention of its application in Nicholas Nickleby, where the starving students of Mr. Wackford Squeers’ school are frequently dosed with such to cut down on their porridge consumption.
Molasses had a somewhat unsavory history during Prohibition in the US. It is the primary base for the manufacture of rum. Molasses importation became synonymous with the bootlegging industry and with organized crime.
Today, uses for molasses are quite benign. It is used primarily in baking. No gingerbread would be quite the same without the addition of molasses. Some people enjoy using it on hot cereals like cream of wheat or cornmeal mush.
Molasses is also a necessary ingredient in the Thanksgiving holiday traditional pumpkin pie. In England, treacle tart, is not, however, made with molasses, but it is enjoyed as a sweetener on porridge. Homemade caramel corn is especially good with a dollop of molasses added to the sugar mixture.
Molasses has somewhat more nutritional value than does white or brown sugar. The process by which it is extracted and treated with sulfur results in fortification of iron, calcium and magnesium. Some natural health food experts still advocate its use for ailments of the stomach.
Concerns about sulfur, however, have led to many brands of molasses that are sulfur-free. These are widely available in both natural food and chain grocery stores.
Calories in molasses are approximately the same as sugar, about 16 calories per teaspoon (5 ml). However it only contains about half the sucrose as sugar. It is also made up of both glucose and fructose. Though it is high in iron, it is also high in calcium, which tends to prevent iron from being absorbed by the body. Thus its benefits as a mineral supplement may be a bit overrated.
As a sweetener, many enjoy its hearty sweet flavor that has a bit of a sharp finish on the tongue. Certainly as a baking agent its combination of sweet and tangy result in delicious baked results. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 475403 9/8/2008 2:07 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | Keep eating your HFCS. I am a pharmacist and I need the job security. |
| ajk User ID: 302574 9/8/2008 2:29 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
I gave up sodas. Used to guzzle them. I lost 15 pounds in half a year. Everything else remained the same. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 486165
Same thing happened to me when I gave up sodas. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 499667 9/8/2008 3:19 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
Keep eating your HFCS. I am a pharmacist and I need the job security. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 475403
LOL! The stuff will really do a number on your LIVER!
It took only four weeks for liver enzymes to increase and for glucose intolerance -- the beginning of Type 2 diabetes -- to begin."
NaturalNews.com printable article
Originally published March 13 2008
High-fructose corn syrup, high fat diet cause severe liver damage
by David Gutierrez
(NaturalNews) A diet high in fat and in high fructose corn syrup may cause severe liver problems in people with a sedentary lifestyle, according to a study conducted by researchers from Saint Louis University and presented this year at the Digestive Diseases Week meeting in Washington, D.C.
Researchers fed mice a diet that was 40 percent fat and high in high fructose corn syrup for 16 weeks. In contrast to other studies, where mice have been fed a regulated amount, the animals in the study were allowed to eat as much as they wanted. They were kept sedentary and prevented from exercising.
"We wanted to mirror the kind of diet many Americans subsist on, so the high fat content is about the same you'd find in a typical McDonald's meal, and the high fructose corn syrup translates to about eight cans of soda a day in a human diet, which is not far off with what some people consume," said Brent Tetri, M.D., an associate professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University Liver Center.
To the researchers' shock, it took only four weeks for the first signs of serious health problems to emerge.
"We had a feeling we'd see evidence of fatty liver disease by the end of the study," Tetri said. "But we were surprised to find how severe the damage was and how quickly it occurred. It took only four weeks for liver enzymes to increase and for glucose intolerance -- the beginning of Type 2 diabetes -- to begin."
According to Tetri, preliminary research suggests that fructose actually suppresses the body's feeling of fullness, whereas foods rich in fiber activate it. This meant that the mice didn't know when to stop eating, even though their diet was exceptionally high in calories.
High fructose corn syrup is a widely used sweetener, particularly in the United States, where corn is cheap and sugar importation is expensive.
(Lives are even cheaper in the food industry.)
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 387092 9/8/2008 3:58 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | I sent them an email:
The new ads that are being shown are grossly inaccurate.
Your organization should be flogged for even condoning such things. How many studies have been done to show the adverse health effects of high fructose corn syrup? There are apparent links to diabetes, heart problems, and possibly obesity.
Here's an exerpt from a study: Rats love HFCS but it kills them or at least that is what Meira Fields, Ph.D., research chemist at the USDA in Beltsville, Maryland says. "Rats normally live for a good two years, But the rats in my study fed a high-fructose, low copper diets are dying after 5 weeks." One of the few human studies of low-copper, high-fructose diets was abruptly stopped when 4 of the 24 subjects developed heart-related abnormalities, according to Fields. High fructose diets have also been implicated in the development of adult-onset diabetes. Fructose, especially when combined with other sugars, reduces stores of chromium, a mineral essential for maintaining balanced insulin levels, according to Richard Anderson, Ph.D., lead scientist at the Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland.
You'd willingly spread disinformation to make a buck? That disgusts me....as well as everyone else who can see through this bullshit.
For the next line of commercials, why dont you have the person against the corn syrup actually say something that can be proven from research and evidence, instead of just stammering because they are ignorant of what they believe?
this is pure trash..... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 500055 9/8/2008 11:53 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | Yes, in the commercial it looks like the white person does not believe very much in what she is saying.... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 500276 9/9/2008 9:57 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | "stupid is as stupid does" |
| Fat Mama User ID: 300370 9/9/2008 10:09 AM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | I don't know what all the fuss is about. All I heard was happy music. Gotta go - have a sudden craving for something super sweet. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 454822 9/9/2008 6:30 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
The bastard lizardbrains want you to be so tired and underpaid that you are broken down into buying and eating poison. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 355552
BINGO! After working, commuting, picking up the kiddos, arriving home after 6 pm when everyone in the family is starving and irritable, how much easier to pop processed crap in the microwave -- just for tonite, then tomorrow I'll start eating healthier? They've got us right where they want us, unless we wake up, and even then it's a conscious daily struggle.
And congrats on your weight loss AC 355552. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 500597 9/9/2008 7:14 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote | It is still all about what you choose to do however.
Do you continue to eat the foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup, or do you choose to read labels and find things without it?
It takes work to eat a cleaner, healthier diet, certainly, but it still one of the choices available.
Don't get me wrong here, I am all for people getting the word out about HFCS! But once it is out, we don't have to wait for legislation to free of us this dark presence!
All we have to do is stop eating it.
If buying bread for $6.00 a loaf is too much for you to do regularly, just to find bread free of HFCS, then learn to make your own. You can actually save money that way, in the long run! You also will learn an old and valuable skill...
So, once you know that this substance is bad for you, the question is, what do you choose to do about it?
For those that don't think it is bad for them, well, there is plenty of it for them to eat on the store shelves, have to! That is a choice as well, and I won't knock them for making it, especially if they already have the information on the product.
:) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 502821 9/13/2008 8:02 PM | | Re: High Fructose Corn Syrup Propaganda Comercial | Quote |
If corn syrup is bad for you, then table sugar is equally as bad for you, since they are the same chemicals, exactly the same chemicals, exactly the same chemicals, exactly the same chemicals.
Bullshit........
Worse Than Sugar
Experts are finding that "high-fructose corn syrup" (HFCS) is making us fat. Scientists at nutrition research centers are saying that it's a huge problem.
Exactly what is "high-fructose corn syrup"? Well, it's not the same thing at all as the natural, healthy fructose in honey and fruit. "High-fructose corn syrup" is a highly refined, artificial product. It is created through an intricate process that transforms cornstarch into a thick, clear liquid. White sugar and "high-fructose corn syrup" are not the same. Industry advocates for corn growers say that they are the same. But nutritional science studies say that there is a big difference between the two. They say that "high-fructose corn syrup" is worse than sugar.
This manufactured fructose is sweeter than sugar in an unhealthy way, and is digested differently in a bad way. Research has shown that "high-fructose corn syrup" goes directly to the liver, releasing enzymes that instruct the body to then store fat! This may elevate triglyceride (fat in blood) levels and elevate cholesterol levels. This fake fructose may slow fat burning and cause weight gain. Other research indicates that it does not stimulate insulin production, which usually creates a sense of being full. Therefore, people may eat more than they should. Indications also are that the important chromium levels are lowered by this sweetener which may then contribute to type 2 diabetes. Obesity is a contributor too.
Many older Americans are overweight. As we age, our taste buds don't work as efficiently, prompting us to eat more of everything that tastes sweet. "High-fructose corn syrup" is in almost everything.
The dangers of white sugar have been known for a long time. But now the evidence seems clear that "high-fructose corn syrup" is an even more dangerous consequence for our love of sweets. Dietary experts are singling out this fake syrup as one reason for the startling rise in obesity in America and related increase in diabetes.
"High-fructose corn syrup" is not the corn syrup you buy in a bottle at the supermarket to use for baking. It's an artificial additive that's cheaper and easier for manufacturers of sodas and fruit juices to use. If you read labels, you'll find this additive in such products as pizzas, baked beans, candies, yeast breads, sweetened yogurt, baby food, ketchup, cookies, beer, sodas, juices and alarmingly in most brands of manufactured foods. I have to read a lot of labels to find a brand that doesn't contain "HFCS". If the artificial additive "high-fructose corn syrup" is added to an otherwise healthy food, is it still healthy? If you add a speck of poison to vitamins, are they still good for you? After all, just a speck of poison probably won't hurt you on the spot, but accumulative amounts most probably will. 30 years of these accumulative affects of "high-fructose corn syrup" is evident in the obesity and health problems we have today.
Manufacturers of food products began substituting "high-fructose corn syrup" for white sugar in the 1970's. A red flag went up in my mind when I read these facts. I remember distinctly in the 70's when this happened. I was in the habit of drinking one Coca Cola every day since the 1960's. I never put on weight with only one coke per day. I clearly remember when this fake corn syrup replaced the sugar in sodas. The cola's didn't taste as good, and I began to put on weight. I remember that I knew it was the Cokes, but couldn't figure out why. I never made the connection between my weight gain and the change from sugar to "high-fructose corn syrup".
I believe that there's something meaningful in the fact that the increase of the use of "high-fructose corn syrup" in the 1990's, coincides with the obesity epidemic. This coincidence cannot easily be explained away. Annual consumption of this artificial sweetener today is more than 60 pounds per person. It was only about 1/2 pound per person in 1970. The U.S. Agriculture Department reports that Americans consume more "high-fructose corn syrup" than white sugar.
"High-fructose corn syrup" is highly valued by food manufacturers. It's easy to transport in tanker trucks. It isn't susceptible to freezer burn, as is sugar. It has a long shelf life and keeps foods from becoming dry. It gives bread and baked products a wonderful color. It's also cheaper than white sugar, partly because of generous federal subsidies and trade policies that encourage farmers to grow more corn. Fast food chains add it to their products because it is cheaper. It's in the sauces, in the condiments, in the breadings, in the buns and in the drinks. It is the commercially preferred artificial sweetener.
What's worse than sugar? Now you know.
Thank you so much for this!!!
You are correct...I don't have a weight problem, but I do remember the change in taste when I was a kid back in the 70's....anything that uses sweeteners, as a figuratively large percentage, did indeed change in flavor. Coca Cola comes to mind...
The bottom line is that corn syrup is cheaper, so corporations are going to use it for their bottom lines. Now, I for one, am absolutely wary of multinational corporations run amok! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 497314
It is said that the main reason many food manufacturers use HFCS is that it is much cheaper to use than sugar. This is how they justified it to me.
I have also read that sugar though cost two to three times what the rest of the world pays for. I would guess this is in the form of tariffs and perhaps quota related.
Does anyone know why sugar cost so much more here than say Mexico, or anywhere else it seems? |
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