High Fructose Corn Syrup in the news:

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markd

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Child diabetes blamed on food sweetener

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article6954603.ece>

"Over 10 weeks, 16 volunteers on a strictly controlled diet,
including high levels of fructose, produced new fat cells around
their heart, liver and other digestive organs. They also showed signs
of food-processing abnormalities linked to diabetes and heart
disease. Another group of volunteers on the same diet, but with
glucose sugar replacing fructose, did not have these problems."


I tend to avoid HFCS wherever possible - but then I also avoid as much sugar as reasonably possible too. I'm not sure how 'evil' HFCS is, but the research looks interesting.

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People who are touchy.......feign indignation at the slightest thing. Hypocrites, bullies and cowards.
Since the 1990’s, virtually all non-diet soft drinks — including most popular fruit juices and sports drinks — have been sweetened with high–fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Corn sweeteners, primarily HFCS, have eclipsed regular sugar as the ingredient of choice for beverage and food manufacturers, with the exception of some few “micro-brewed” sodas.

What does this mean for your health ? In small amounts, very little. But over time, and in large quantities, HFCS and other manipulated fructose sugars can undermine your metabolism, leading to weight gain, high triglyceride levels, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Research continues to show that overconsumption of these altered sugars is a growing health hazard — at the same time food manufacturers make it increasingly hard to avoid them!

Here is the link to the full article.
http://www.womentowomen.com/healthyweig ... syrup.aspx

There many more similar articles on the net. Just do a search, it's been around a long time.
 
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