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Post Hidden Dangers: Foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup
Hidden Dangers: Foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup
Elizabeth Renter - Natural Society - September 9, 2012

It’s super cheap—cheaper than sugar—and that means processed food manufacturers can load up on it, sweeting their goodies at rock-bottom prices and further driving our waistlines out. It’s high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and it’s found in some pretty surprising places. In fact, the foods with high fructose corn syrup may be foods you eat every single day.

While this Huffington Post article on the hidden presence of HFCS says “the jury is still out” on whether it’s dangerous or any more dangerous than sugar, we know differently. This cheap sweetener has been linked to obesity, learning ability and memory, and high blood pressure, to name a few health issues. As if that isn’t enough, it has also been shown to contain toxic mercury. So, while some would have you believe HFCS is no more dangerous than white sugar (as if that isn’t bad enough), we know differently.

Big money is made in the corn industry—big, big money—and therefore big money is spent counteracting every study and inkling that suggests any product of the industry is less than great for you (HFCS included). Of course consumers are increasingly realizing that HFCS and foods with high fructose corn syrup can be health-damaging, so manufacturers decided to change things up. As the morbid health effects of high fructose corn syrup continue to be brought to the forefront of the media, the Corn Refiners Association has decided in the past to give their cheap product a new name – corn sugar.

Staying informed on the latest research and watching your foods like a hawk can help keep you and your family safe.

Foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup

Here are some foods with high fructose corn syrup that you may have never expected to contain the ingredients – foods you may be eating every day.

Yogurts
Breads
Frozen pizzas
Cereal bars
Cocktail peanuts
Boxed macaroni and cheese
Salad Dressing
Tonic
Applesauce
Canned Fruit

Although their are 10 foods here, we bet you can find many more. It costs companies more to sweeten their foods with sugar, and even more with honey. So, because they are interested in nothing more than the bottom line – money, they often choose HFCS. It’s in ketchups, soups, cereals, pasta sauces, and more.

This is just another reason to steer clear of highly processed foods. Americans consume a whopping 35 pounds of HFCS each year, showing just how prevalent foods with high fructose corn syrup are. Stick with the natural stuff. If it comes in a box, bag, or can, be extra suspicious, or even better—just stay away.


http://naturalsociety.com/hidden-foods- ... orn-syrup/

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 Re: Hidden Dangers: Foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup
Americans Eat 35 Lbs of ‘Stupidity’ Linked High-Fructose Corn Syrup on Average
Anthony Gucciardi - Natural Society - June 2, 2012


The average American eats 35 pounds of high-fructose corn syrup per year, a hazardous ingredient that recent research has linked to a significant decrease in brain function related to both memory and learning. The researchers even go on to say that the ubiquitous substance can make you ‘stupid’. Considering that high fructose corn syrup is present in over 90% of processed food items like sodas and candy, enough so to make up the 35 pound annual figure, it is easy to see that the average American diet is made up of enough HFCS to seriously impact mental capabilities. {Does that mean we can assume Americans are as stoopid as we think they are....just kidding}

So what does this mean for the United States and other nations where high-fructose corn syrup consumption has run rampant? Outside of the obvious issue surrounding the fact that agencies like the FDA continue to let this ingredient and others be used throughout the food supply despite numerous studies linking it to a multitude of problems, it raises concern over just how much of an impact toxic additives like HFCS have on the nation’s mental abilities. When considering that high-fructose corn syrup is but one of many dangerous food ingredients that can harm your biological functions, it really puts the matter into perspective.

And the research is quite clear. Conducted by the UCLA and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology, the landmark study established the relationship between a diet high in HFCS and decreased brain function — particularly when it comes to memory and learning (two key characteristics of the academic field and basically anything else in life).

“Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” explained professor of neurosurgery Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, who is from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. {Whohow - biggie that one! ;) }

In the past, high-fructose corn syrup has also been found to contain mercury — an element that is toxic in all forms and poses a direct threat to human health. While the amount of mercury present in the substance is not clear based upon the research, it is easy to downplay this fact by saying that the mercury content is present in very ‘low’ levels. When considering the fact that the average American now consumes an entire 35 pounds of high-fructose corn syrup annually (food being but one source of mercury exposure), it becomes more apparent how much of a health threat mercury exposure really is.

The ‘average American diet’ is continually being shown as a destructive trap full of proverbial health landmines and invisible pitfalls. It’s time for both the public and leading officials to change the food paradigm. Citizens are eating themselves into ‘stupidity’ and disease, and they may not even be aware!


http://naturalsociety.com/americans-eat ... p-average/


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Post Re: Hidden Dangers: Foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn Syrup, How to Make it and Why You Want It

High fructose corn syrup is a sweetener used in a wide variety of products on the market today. The prominent usage of high fructose corn syrups as a form of sugar has undoubtedly increased its demand levels across the country. Rather than pay for it, wouldn’t you like to know how to manufacture your own?

High Fructose Corn Syrup | The Healthy Sugar that Sticks

The first thing you will need is corn. As the name suggests, high fructose corn syrup is derived from corn starch. Corn, being one of the most genetically modified and subsidized crops today, is recognized as a major health benefit with an almost innumerable amount of beneficial effects on the body. You can either buy the corn grown, or grow it yourself with terminator gene seeds. Just make sure to buy more if you plan on growing more!

After attaining the corn, you will need to mill it. Then, simply separate the corn starch from the kernels. This is usually done in a process involving sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda or lye.

Most forms of lye are made using the mercury cell process. In this process, large pools of mercury are combined with other tested and safe materials in a large chemical vat. The resultant lye is used to separate corn starch from the kernels. This means that your high fructose corn syrup will have residual amounts of mercury, a known health elixir, should you use the proper form of lye for separation.

Once the corn is milled, you need to cook and process it even more, until it becomes corn syrup. From there, ‘natural’ enzymes are used to convert the glucose in the corn syrup into fructose, which is the healthiest form of sugar.

Your finished product will be high fructose corn syrup similar to that found in all manner of products today! But rather than making it yourself, it would be much easier and cheaper to simply buy it.

Written to be a satire piece, this article attempts to educate about the significant health damage associated with high fructose corn syrup through humor.


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