Article about High-fructose corn syrup...

kellycrow
kellycrow Posts: 140
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Have you seen the commercials in the US about HFCS being 'natural' and healthy because it is made from corn?? Those ads make me wanna puke... check out this article:

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/

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  • sleitner
    sleitner Posts: 33 Member
    Thanks, I am going to read it tonight and never did agree with those commercials in the first place.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Notice those commercials always say "everything is fine in moderation..." - it makes me sick the length our govt will go to to save money.

    Want to be shocked? Check out this list of products containing HFCS - probably things 99% of us have eaten in the past or still consume on a regular basis. I've basically boycotted all Kellogg's products, they are one of the big perpetrators of this crap.

    http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2005/06/09/foods_and_products_containing_high_fruct

    I look at ALL labels now.

    Here's another fun fact - regular table sugar raises your blood sugar level by 100%, HFCS raises it by 200% - also your liver does nothing but turn it to fat before your body even has a chance to process it.

    I honestly believe Americans are fat because of this stuff. In the last 25 years, diabetes has increased by 25% --- since 1980, obesity levels have doubled. Let's not forget that HFCS only appeared in the early 80's................
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