Why does so much stuff have

tblgirl04
tblgirl04 Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Corn Syrup in it? Ugh! This makes me sad :(

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  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    Yeah, when you really start paying attention to labels you'll see things in products that they have no business being in. Things like

    Soy protein
    Sugar
    Corn Syrup
    Wheat
  • tblgirl04
    tblgirl04 Posts: 10 Member
    I was going to have a snack, saw the keebler mini chips deluxe cookies original ( 170 calories, not too bad for a sweet treat) then I turned it over and saw : Contains 2 percent or less of high fructose corn syrup, molasses, corn syrup".

    Twice? Really?
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    Yep, it's like buying something like breakfast sausage and the 2nd ingredient is "textured soy protein". So wait....the meat I'm buying isn't actually really all meat??

    Really have to read carefully, food manufacturers are really putting cheap, crappy ingredients in most of our food these days.
  • Flafster
    Flafster Posts: 106 Member
    I was going to have a snack, saw the keebler mini chips deluxe cookies original ( 170 calories, not too bad for a sweet treat) then I turned it over and saw : Contains 2 percent or less of high fructose corn syrup, molasses, corn syrup".

    Twice? Really?

    Actually that translates as Sugar A, Sugar B, Sugar C. I know, upsetting isn't it? Also watch out for anything on the label ending
    "-ose" as other forms of sugar. Is 170 calories low for a sugar treat? Seems high to me (but then I've been raiding the kids treat bags a lot recently)
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    Corn syrup is made artificially cheap through government subsidies. Cane sugar is not subsidized, therefore the manufacturers and farmers have to charge more for their product in order to turn a profit.

    It doesn't end at corn syrup either. The government also subsidizes soy and petroleum. Both are artificially low in cost.

    You might enjoy reading Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." He talks about how government policies toward food subsidies are contributing to the obesity problems in the US.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    because the government.

    seriously.
  • cersela
    cersela Posts: 160 Member
    I got sick of corn syrup being in everything. I have a phone app for food allergies (I used to use it for wheat) but I now set corn as an allergy too so anything that *shouldn't* have corn in it I go ahead and scan the barcode before buying.
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Because the government subsidizes corn, soy, and wheat, thus making them very cheap ingredients. That's why processed food manufacturers love them so much.
  • mdbs2004
    mdbs2004 Posts: 220 Member
    Its not just corn syrup. corn in some form is in almost EVERYTHING!!
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Corn syrup is made artificially cheap through government subsidies. Cane sugar is not subsidized, therefore the manufacturers and farmers have to charge more for their product in order to turn a profit.

    It doesn't end at corn syrup either. The government also subsidizes soy and petroleum. Both are artificially low in cost.

    You might enjoy reading Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." He talks about how government policies toward food subsidies are contributing to the obesity problems in the US.

    Or "In Defense of Food". Awesome book.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Corn syrup is made artificially cheap through government subsidies. Cane sugar is not subsidized, therefore the manufacturers and farmers have to charge more for their product in order to turn a profit.

    It doesn't end at corn syrup either. The government also subsidizes soy and petroleum. Both are artificially low in cost.

    You might enjoy reading Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." He talks about how government policies toward food subsidies are contributing to the obesity problems in the US.

    Great comment! I will have to check out that book. I am so tired of the government trying to manipulate the people!
  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
    Corn (in the vastly altered form that it exists in todays world) is the spawn of Satan, set forth upon the country by Satan himself, a.k.a. Monsanto........

    I read every label of every food I buy and I've learned what foods do and don't contain HFCS. I swear, cutting JUST that out of my daily diet is likely the biggest contributor to my total weight loss so far.
  • oneIT
    oneIT Posts: 388 Member
    Vegtables, fruits, lean meats, and real 100% whole wheat products. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Vegtables, fruits, berries, nuts, lean meats, and healthy full fat meats. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.


    This.
  • Beee_B
    Beee_B Posts: 24
    Vegtables, fruits, berries, nuts, lean meats, and healthy full fat meats. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.


    This.

    And this again x
  • Tracey0013
    Tracey0013 Posts: 154 Member
    Try being allergic to corn and the products it made with. I have to read every label!!!! Thank you US for a tariff on cane sugar so they had to come up with other sugars to put into things.
  • VanessaGS
    VanessaGS Posts: 514 Member
    Watch out for those dehydrated oils also.
  • Beee_B
    Beee_B Posts: 24
    because the government.

    seriously.

    They don't speak for us
  • DrJeep
    DrJeep Posts: 37 Member
    Vegtables, fruits, lean meats, and real 100% whole wheat products. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.

    I only realized this about 4 weeks ago. Better late than never huh?
  • MonicaT1972
    MonicaT1972 Posts: 512
    Vegtables, fruits, lean meats, and real 100% whole wheat products. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.

    How do you know what are "real 100% whole wheat products?"
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Try being allergic to corn and the products it made with. I have to read every label!!!! Thank you US for a tariff on cane sugar so they had to come up with other sugars to put into things.

    and corn subsidies. partially or mostly responsible for the myth that 'fat makes you fat' resulting in a myriad of low fat fad diets that are still alive and kicking today.
  • Beee_B
    Beee_B Posts: 24
    Vegtables, fruits, lean meats, and real 100% whole wheat products. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.

    I only realized this about 4 weeks ago. Better late than never huh?

    Me too! Definitely it's better late than never I think sweetie x
  • Beee_B
    Beee_B Posts: 24
    Try being allergic to corn and the products it made with. I have to read every label!!!! Thank you US for a tariff on cane sugar so they had to come up with other sugars to put into things.

    and corn subsidies. partially or mostly responsible for the myth that 'fat makes you fat' resulting in a myriad of low fat fad diets that are still alive and kicking today.

    In the UK, Rosemary Conley... uggggh!
  • divemunkey
    divemunkey Posts: 288 Member
    and corn subsidies. partially or mostly responsible for the myth that 'fat makes you fat' resulting in a myriad of low fat fad diets that are still alive and kicking today.
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    Actually, low fat diets are a product of Ancel Keyes being a lazy researcher who wanted his results to match his hypothesis. he only included statistics from 7 of 22 countries in his paper that was the base for the revolution of nutrition in this country. oops.

    I also find there is more hidden soy and wheat in our food supply than corn, but between the three, they are killing us all better than anything else.
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    and corn subsidies. partially or mostly responsible for the myth that 'fat makes you fat' resulting in a myriad of low fat fad diets that are still alive and kicking today.

    Actually, low fat diets are a product of Ancel Keyes being a lazy researcher who wanted his results to match his hypothesis. he only included statistics from 7 of 22 countries in his paper that was the base for the revolution of nutrition in this country. oops.

    I also find there is more hidden soy and wheat in our food supply than corn, but between the three, they are killing us all better than anything else.

    THIS ^^

    Ancel Keyes and the Lipid Hypothesis have brought ruin to most Western countries, first being the United States. Once his "research" was brought mainstream by a US Senator (Typical overbearing, want to control everyone, liberal senator by the way....) it's all been downhill since. America has gotten fatter, more unhealthy and worse off than we have ever been because of his war on fat and by extension, meat.

    Anytime government gets involved you can be assured that something is amiss, and the fact that they push "heart healthy whole grains" on you at every turn, above and beyond just about any other food makes me realize that I probably shouldn't be eating them at all.
  • DrJeep
    DrJeep Posts: 37 Member
    Vegtables, fruits, lean meats, and real 100% whole wheat products. This is the way.

    All preservative free and natural.

    How do you know what are "real 100% whole wheat products?"

    You ask, you find a baker or a produce store you trust.

    For me, the halal butcher/turkish vegetable store around the corner became the main store where I do my shopping.

    Genuine lean meat, fresh chicken and beef. Fresh vegetables and fruits.

    I think I only go to the supermarket for things like toiletpaper and shampoo, but no longer for food.
  • tblgirl04
    tblgirl04 Posts: 10 Member
    Everything needs to stop being so processed and complicated....Simple as that, right ;)?
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Everything needs to stop being so processed and complicated....Simple as that, right ;)?
    Much of the processing and complication is to give it a shelf life and taste acceptable to modern consumer society.

    If you're going to walk down to the Boulangerie every morning for delicious bread that you can use as a club by nightfall that's fine, but if you're going to shop once or twice a week you may want something more appropriate.

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