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Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:22:16 +0000

[...] this non-definition, High Fructose Corn Syrup is “natural” even though to make it, corn refiners must extract the starch from corn, treat the starch with an [...]

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:58:22 +0000

[...] known for a while that the over produced cheap high fructose corn syrup that’s in everything from our sodas to our breads is bad for [...]

By: Marion

Marion — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:05:31 +0000

What is the product and what does the rest of the label say? One possibility is that it contains less than half a gram of HFCS, for which the manufacturer can claim zero. Other explanations are less benign but it’s not possible to figure this out without seeing the whole thing or knowing what the product is.

By: charles thomas

charles thomas — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:56:17 +0000

Qusetion: On the nutritional information label I can see 0g Sugar even thought the number two ‘ingerdient’, after Water, is High Fructose Corn Syrup. Help me out here?????

By: Healthy Soda

Healthy Soda — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:43:32 +0000

Natural products, which occur in nature and have been consumed for thousands of years are much safer than ingredients made in factories (like HFCS) which have been consumed for only a few decades.

Consumers aren’t as dumb as they once were – with the internet people can learn the real facts about HFCS. Products without HFCS are going to be in greater demand and this may force the food and beverage giants to change their ingredients

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:16:41 +0000

If you can not grow it, raise it or catch it, don’t eat it! How difficult is this concept for everyone? Fruits, vegetables, grains, oils, as well as dairy, meat, & fish (if you are not a vegan or a vegetarian). It can not be more simple than that! You should also buy locally grown or raised, & in season. That’s it!

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By: kiehl

kiehl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:51 +0000

We have no idea how it’s actually metabolized into out bodies as there has never been a study to conclude this. Without going into speculation of our general perceptions of how our youths bodies are being mis-shaped by this drug, I mean food it’s fairly obvious that the body does not see HFCS the same as Cane Sugar.
Just read HFCS on wiki to see how it’s made. When you over complicate the process in which the molecules get organized, the body cannot see it or use it the same as simple sugar. This is what they aren’t telling you. When you have to use a genetically modified enzyme to extract sweetener out of corn, that’s not healthy! Your body gets confused at this highly complex new chain of fructose and stores it immediately to your predisposed fat cells.
It’s similar to anti-depressants. Nothing within nature has that abilty to control receptors to such an exacting degree. Once man gets his/her hand on a moleclue, complicates it, the effects on the body are far more pronounced. HFCS is the same, and when studies are eventually done on it, it’ll be exposed.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:41:57 +0000

Janet,

In response to your post I wanted to share some information.

High fructose corn syrup is not sweeter than sugar, it’s not higher in calories and it’s not metabolized differently. Many people do not realize that high fructose corn syrup is composed of the same simple sugars found in table sugar and honey – glucose and fructose – in virtually the same ratios.

Government data confirm that per capita consumption of high fructose corn syrup in the U.S. has actually been declining in recent years, while the obesity problem continues to grow.

Obesity is becoming a more global problem each day, yet high fructose corn syrup is used very little—or not at all—in many countries where obesity is rising. Sugar is the primary sweetener in most parts of the world.

Obesity rates are rising around the world, including in Mexico, Australia and Europe, even though the use of high fructose corn syrup outside of the U.S. is limited.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:49:47 +0000

I would like to refer Liz, the corn rep, to the link below and ask that she comment on the research and findings therein. Since the advent of HFCS in the last 30 years, the American people have changed; children are getting fatter, not just because of the calories in HFCS, but because of the way it keeps a person hungry and wanting more . . . good marketing tactic, bad for our health.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=1254052