It’s true.
I got diabetes from drinking 2 liters of coke classic every day for about 2 years.
No one else in my family has it or had it, and no one else was addicted to soft drinks like I was.
but reguardless....we use HFCS here in the states because IIRC the corn industry is highly subsidized by the govt to grow all the corn...
same reason we now have biofuels that we burn instead of eat...
we got to keep those Iowa farmers fat and happy using their products in some way...
follow the money...
then follow the vote....Iowa loves dumping their corn on the rest of us and they wouldn't want any fiscal conservative interferring with the gravy train....
Offhand, do you believe that swapping corn syrup for cane sugar would have made a difference? I'm not convinced that consuming 1.5 cups of any kind of sugar every day (the amount found in a single two-liter bottle of Coke) is healthy for anyone, corn syrup or no.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 5 weeks ago. My doctor strongly recommended "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman, and I've been following it reasonably well.
In a nutshell, my blood glucose readings have been between 95-120 for the past 10 days, and I've been exercising more, too. After this morning's result, I realize I need to cut back on consumption of nuts. My goal is to have it down in the 80's before my followup visit in February.
I don't have the craving for Cokes or sweets, and the diet is varied enough so as not to be boring.
Back in the 60’s and 70’s when sodas were made with pure cane sugar.Obesity was not a problem. i have said before that corn syrup is freakin’ evil.
“I got diabetes from drinking 2 liters of coke classic every day for about 2 years.”
If that was the sole or primary cause of your diabetes (IF), I would venture a guess that at the high rate of consumption - 2 liters a day - it would not have mattered if the sweetener was regular sugar or HFCS.
Right you are!
I’ve been drinking lots of Coke for 50+ years. My hair has grown white, the aches & pains have increased, triple bypass & three stents and I now weigh 60 pounds more than I did when I finished boot camp...
Yep, it must be the fault of the Coke.
(sarc)
Do yourself a favor: Stop drinking ANYTHING with HFCS or Aspartame, Sweet 'n Low, EQUAL, etc.. in it. The Artificial sweetners are WORSE than sugar itself.
I stopped drinking Coke Zero back in April after a near heart-attack landed me in the hospital. I drink NOTHING with HFCS or artificial sweeteners in it now. Water, Coffee w/1 Sugar and NATURAL juice only.
That ONE change netted over 35 pounds of weight loss as of my last weigh in, last week.
Do yourself a favor: quit Coke Zero NOW. You'll lose weight, get your insulin and type-2 diabetes under control faster than you know it. Trust me on this, I know.