Article Source: msnbc.com
from:msnbc.comYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
Pfizer pulls Lipitor ads with Dr. Robert JarvikBabies develop magic of imagination by age 2U.S. task force: End routine prostate cancer screeningCoffee may help reduce risk of type 2 diabetesCoffee may help protect against liver cancerStudy suggests lower risk of death for coffee loversRegeneration recipe: Pinch of pig, cell of lizardWhy 'Mama' and 'Dada' are baby's first wordsFDA staff sends mixed message on JYes, itâs possible: Paralyzed men can be dads
Leave a Comment:
I guess the corn industry is going to have to face the music and realize that corn is the least nutrient dense grain on the market and people are more conscious of their health. Cornfed beef, chicken, & pork, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn laden dog and cat food and other corn product are CHEAP to produce but not very nutritious. Even the sugar indstry worked so hard to keep us from being able to access Stevia as an excellent sweetener that does not spike the blood sugar as sucrose and fructose do.
I guess I'll continue to enjoy my rum and coke, since rum is made from cane sugar. I'll just make sure to mix it with diet coke and avoid the fructose by leaving out the lime.
Mix it witk Coke bottled in Mexico... they use only cane sugar. Whenever it is available here, we buy a few bottles. I'd stay away from Diet Coke as much as corn syrup of any kind. Only thing I really miss is tasting my mother-in-law's pecan pie on our yearly trip to Louisiana (main ingredient is karo corn syrup!)
It always amazes me that we actually need studies to show us that eating REAL food is healthy.
Corn Syrup is worse that fructose. The Corn lobbies are probably behind this study so we go completely to corn syrup. if you like Coka Cola, only by the made in Mexico bottles. They are made with pure cane sugar. ... better for your digestive system and blood pressure.
http://plantman.com
Plantman, i seriously doubt the corn lobbies are behind this study as just about every product out there states clearly on the packaging...HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. Rent the movie King Corn if u get a moment.. great doc on the corn industry
Corn Syrup is Fructose - As in "high fructose corn syrup" second ingredient on most sodas.
I'm really sick of the commercials that tell you that "High Fructose Corn Syrup" is fine in moderation. That would be all well and food if it wasn't literally in everything. I am actually allergic to corn now because of the fact that it is in everything. I'm glad they are finally finding a link to the health concerns that can arrise from the sugar substitute.
This doesn't surprise me! Not only does it affect my High Blood Pressure but also seems to affect my Chrohn's Disease. I have started trying to cut out anything containing High Fructose Corn Syrup and realized I would have to start making everything by scratch. It is even in some crackers and pretzels as well as ice cream, spaghetti sauce, ketchup, fruit drinks, you name it!
It took almost 20 years for the research about hydrogenated oils and trans fats to go from solid findings to FDA action, and we're still fighting the food lobbies on that. Just as there's no safe amount of trans fat to ingest, there's not really any safe amount of corn syrup to consume either. Wonder how long it will take to validate this correlation with clinical studies, then get the gov't to accept the findings, then gate the FDA to enforce labeling standards, and then get the public to recognize the hazard?
NoTime4Footz:
HFCS and Corn Syrup are not the same thing. HFCS is highly refinded Much Sweeter than normal Corn Syrup. Eat the Pecan Pie without guilt!
Corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup are the next tobacco. It will be pro study vs con study for decades. We, the consumers, will suffer. Time to get out the pots and pans, the old cookbooks and cook our own foods.
One of the biggest problems is that "affordable" food is loaded with HFCS. Just look at the labels. So how do we make the healthy food "affordable"? Wished I knew. One great way is to buy local and from the farmers. Luckily I live in an area that farming is big. Buying from the farmers (or local) not only eliminates the processing of the food but also keeps our money local therefore stimulating the local economy. Just "food for thought".
Fructose is the culprit - it's not just any sugar, it's the way fructose metabolizes (and creates uric acid) that does the damage. The latest recommendation I've read calls for 25 grams or less per day, which is 3 TBSP and seems a lot, but with all the HFCS in our food these days, it adds up fast!
Anybody else notice how the article conflates fructose with sugar (sucrose). Sugar is not the problem, corn syrup is. I'm not sure that corn syrup really is sugar. The body does not recognize it as such and doesn't metabolize it like sugar. Using real sugar would only add pennies to the cost of foods. The part that really got to me in "King Corn" was the farmers wouldn't even eat the corn they were growing. It's stricly a hybrid to be used in making syrup, and is unedible straight off the ear. And the gum'mit is subsidizing the farmers that grow it, and penalize the ones who don't. So much for gum'mit by the people, for the people, yada, yada, yada.