High Fructose Corn Syrup is the devil!!!

[devilgrrl]

Some resources:
http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html
http://www.mcvitamins.com/cornsyrup.htm
http://www.mercola.com/2002/jan/5/fructose.htm


Pro HFCS?:
http://www.hfcsfacts.com/

[Darth_Kitten]

1. What I hate....

are those fruit drinks that are just full of the stuff.

:(

[Dave Reynolds]

2. But, it's good,

and good for you.

We don't need no steenking pancreas!

On edit: My triglycerides last year were in the mid 800s. I now have them down to the mid 200s.

[LisaM]

3. You can get sugar cane pop

I get Boylan Bottle Works (and I don't get their diet version, made with Splenda) - they have grape, black cherry, and root beer. They are a little pricey but they are absolutely delicious, not so sweet and sirupy - and they come in small bottles, so you don't drink two liters all at once.

I have also heard that you can get a sugar cane version of Dr. Pepper in Texas.

[Shakespeare]

4. Most kosher and made-in-Mexico Coke is made with cane sugar.

Hard to find, tho. :-(

Anyone else aware of the HFCS/New Coke conspiracy theory?

[LeftyMom]

9. Whole Foods' store brand soda is made with real sugar

not a bad deal either, $1.99 for a 6 pack.

[LisaM]

12. Really? that's good to know

I'll have to check it out.

[DELUSIONAL]

5. and if you are fructose intolerant it is eventually lethal

unless you eliminate it from your diet.

There is also a dietary fructose intolerance -- and this appears to be acquired from too much HFCS. Sort of like the body rebells against this manufactured sweet. HFI = Hereditary Fructose Intolerance -- recessive genetic trait.

HFI Incidence Rate

The world-wide incidence rate of HFI remains unknown due to the difficulty of HFI diagnosis. The first report of an incidence rate was from Switzerland, where over a five year period that included 100,000 births, five cases of HFI were reported (1). The degree of deviation in this estimate of 1 in 20,000 births is large and the incidence rate may range from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100,000. A more recent study in the UK using DNA testing indicated a more precise incidence rate of 1 in 22,000 where the range would be between 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 58,000 (2).

It is likely that the incidence rate varies quite widely among different ethnic groups. Until easier and more effective methods of diagnosis are available from research involving different ethnic groups, the incidence rate will remain unclear (3). There have been numerous reports of self diagnosis in adulthood, inadvertent deaths to undiagnosed subjects, and homozygous-heterozygous marriages, all of which indicate that the incidence rate could be closer to 1 in 10,000 (4, 5, 6; C. Brooks and D. Tolan, unpublished data). If so, the carrier frequency would be 1 in 50. While the frequency of HFI in Switzerland is considered by many pediatricians to be higher than other parts of the world, the reports outlined above have occurred world-wide and the presumption that HFI is a rare disorder is clearly premature.


http://www.bu.edu/aldolase/HFI/incidence/index.html

http://www.bu.edu/aldolase/HFI/

[bicentennial_baby]

6. i had hfcs-free coca cola in france

it's made with sugar there...i liked it much better :)

[4_Legs_Good]

7. I thought you were the devil!

:shrug:

david

[devilgrrl]

8. No!

I'm just one his minions :evilgrin:

[wiley]

10. I strongly agree

It should not be allowed in the food supply,frankly.

[calico1]

11. Question..

Is corn syrup (Karo) the same thing? Or is HRCS different from corn syrup?