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Corn Refiners Association – Facts VS Myths
2010/09/23 By
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Here’s my problem with HFCS … if there is even the slightest chance that it is bad for us and our children (which, less face it … there is more than a slight chance that it is), and especially when there are healthy, natural alternatives … why risk it? It’s not just obesity we’re talking about (although that would be risk enough) … HFCS has also been shown to raise triglyceride levels (bad cholesterol) and has been linked to liver problems and hypertension. Truthfully, and I mean no disrespect to anyone, but I resent the fact that there is a now a campaign, directed at moms, to convince us that HFCS is good. It’s not! Yes, we need moderation in everything that we eat but … HFCS is not good and it is not healthy. Here’s a little more information:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6210.cfm
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/high-fructose-corn-syrup-dangers/
Hi! Thank you for commenting and your input! I would be interested reading the actual study and scientific report where is shows the elevation in triglyceride levels. Do you know where organicconsumers.org found this info? There seems to be a lot of buzz about the ill effects of HFCS, but I can’t find the actual data used to verify the claims. What I have read seems to be conflicting results and speculation.
The webinar had a complete break down of the composition of HFCS which is nearly identical to table sugar. I mean table sugar can raise your triglyceride level too!
Here is a link to the research done by Princeton University and supported by the U.S. Public Health Service released in March 2010. Note the amount of HFCS used in the study is less than that found in a can of soda pop! The study focused on cane sugar and HFCS, demonstrating that there is a big difference between the 2 products.
There seems to be a lot of information out there on HFCS. I notice a lot of the “counter” arguements (about how HFCS is not really as bad as it is said to be) originate from the Corn Refiners Association website… hmm. That is very disconcerting because their bias is pretty obvious. The move to HFCS from sugar has ZERO to do with the consumer, it just saves the saves industry money.
Here is a helpful website:
http://whyareyousofat.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/high-fructose-corn-syrup-you-know-you-want-it/
“High-fructose corn syrup starts out as cornstarch, which is chemically or enzymatically degraded to glucose and some short polymers of glucose. Another enzyme is then used to convert varying fractions of glucose into fructose…High-fructose corn syrup just doesn’t exist in nature” – Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (this does not sound very natural to me)