Subscribe to RSSThe Misinformation Campaign: High Fructose Corn Syrup
By now, you have seen the very effective group of television ads promoting high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener that has no more health risks than any other sweetener. These ads are sponsored by the Corn Refiners Association, and are being run in response to the ever heightening public perception of the dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup. The ads are extremely well done, aimed at helping you to forget the information you added to your brain a long time ago, but when asked to repeat, leave you tongue tied – just as those young people in the television ads are.
It’s time to refresh your memory.
The fact is, High Fructose Corn Syrup does not behave as other sweeteners in the body, and Dr. Mercola, a highly acclaimed doctor and health news writer, has written a series of articles over the past five years addressing those claims. We are providing the links for you below.
Here are a couple of quotes to fuel your need for immediate information:
“Part of what makes HFCS such an unhealthy product is that it is metabolized to fat in your body far more rapidly than any other sugar, and, because most fructose is consumed in liquid form (soda), its negative metabolic effects are significantly magnified”
“Fructose also contains no enzymes, vitamins or minerals, and it leeches micronutrients from your body. Unbound fructose, found in large quantities in HFCS, can interfere with your heart’s use of minerals such as magnesium, copper and chromium”
The above quotes are taken from the following article:
Beware of New Media Brainwashing About High Fructose Corn Syrup
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
July 08 2008
If you are having problems clicking the address, try to copy and paste it into your browser.
A more exact description of what takes place in your body with High Fructose Corn Syrup can be found in the following article:
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Alters Human Metabolism
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
December 17 2009 |
http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/12/17/highfructose-corn-syrup-alters-human-metabolism.aspx
For a thorough listing of all articles on the subject of High Fructose Corn Syrup, we refer you www.mercola.com, and type “high fructose corn syrup” into their search engine, for a complete list of over 50 well researched articles addressing the health concerns of High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Don’t be tongue-tied anymore. Get the facts.
By Ellen Walsh
3 Comments
2010-02-02
09:30:03
Hi,
I preach the treachery of HFCS, so we're on the same side of the net.
One of deceptive tactics of the CRA is to claim that
sugar (sucrose) and HFCS are essentially equal
nutritionally. They both have about the same amount of fructose and glucose and they both are
4 cal/g. This is meant to infer that our body metabolizes them similarly.
HFCS-55, used to sweeten all national brands of soda, is 55% fructose:45% glucose. This appears
to be very close to the 50:50 ratio found in sucrose, until you do the math.
55%:45% = 55/45 = 1.22. This means that in every
Coke (bottled in the USA), there is, compared to
glucose, 22% extra fructose. What does this mean
in everyday terms? Drinking 5 cans of HFCS-55
sweetened Coke is equal to 4 1/4 cans of sugar
sweetened Coke + 3/4 can of pure fructose sweetened beverage. Considering that the average
teen chugs a couple of sodas daily, that is a lot of extra fructose assaulting the liver. And the liver has been taking the brunt of the assault. Type II
diabetes is no longer referred to as "adult onset diabetes" since it is diagnosed in children and NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, has been diagnosed in children as well as adults.
And when you consider that 55:45 ratio, remember mother nature didn't select it, the CRA did.
StopHFCS.com has an extensive list of HFCS-free
foods and beverages.
To your health.
2010-07-21
08:39:33
Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!
2010-07-28
07:37:15
What a great resource!