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To: Altariel

This is absurd beyond the pale.

Want to fight obesity? Lift the tariffs on cane sugar and get rid of High Fructose Corn Syrup. I think what they are saying in defense of HFCS is propaganda.

I know if you wean yourself from it by being VERY careful about what you eat you will feel a LOT better. It is very difficult to do though because the stuff is in everything from catsup to Coke and everything in between.


10 posted on 08/31/2012 10:19:59 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average, they voted for oblabla.)
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To: Sequoyah101

HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) is the same as table sugar: about 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

The problem isn’t the chemical makeup of HFCS, the problem is it is cheap—ultra cheap. Consequently:

1) Manufacturers can afford to put sweetener into products that never had sugar; even vitamins and medicines now contain sweeteners.

2) Manufacturers can now afford to put more (way more) sweetener into existing products; for example, anyone old enough to remember pre-HFCS Coke knows that modern Coke is waaaay sweeter; that’s because it contains more sugar.

About 20% of the typical American’s daily calories come from one item: HFCS—sugar! Do you think that in 1900 20% of the typical American’s calories came from sugar? No, not even close.

Americans have a high demand for sweet products. The food industry is meeting that demand by producing sweeter foods and cheaper sweeteners. The problem is on the demand side.


20 posted on 08/31/2012 10:38:04 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Freedom--tastes like chicken)
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