Corn syrup - please explain it to me.

janettebishop940

Is corn syrup a sugar?
Why is it considered so bad?
Is it counted in the sugar grams on the composition list?
I would google it but there's so much misinformation out there.
Thanks

acpgee

No research to back this but here's what my neurologist said this about high fructose corn syrup: fructose doesn't trigger satiety because in primitive times it was important to gorge on fruit when available.

an2860

Read this book: 'Toxic', written by William Reymond. It explains very well why corn syrup is that bad. It also tells a lot about other additives and about how food is treated to make it look better or to preserve it longer.

janettebishop940

Interesting... Maybe that's why I still want that chocolate bar after I've tried eating fruit instead!

janettebishop940

Thanks for the book recommendation but could you give me a rough idea so I can go downstairs and tell my husband why I don't want him giving my stepson rubbish for breakfast?!

dcampus

Check out Robert Lustig's lecture on youtube about Sugar - cant remember the name. It's quite long and scientific but personally, I was hooked. Also, check out these links (first one is Lustig again).

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/25/fat-chance-robert-lustig-review

http://happysugarhabits.com/

neanderthin

Here you go.

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/139/6/1219S.full

55in13

It gets a bad rap. It is sugar, plain and simple. But it is commonly found in processed foods that often use more of it than seems necessary. Anecdotal evidence abounds for all sorts of problems but science doesn't really back it up. If it is used sparingly, it is no worse than raw cane sugar or real maple syrup.

janettebishop940

Thanks everyone.