High Fructose Corn Syrup: Friend or Enemy?? We eat every day‚ rarely thinking about what’s going into our bodies. Take soda‚ for example‚ when was the last time you read the label before taking a sip? For me‚ it is never. One of the first ingredients listed on the can is HFCS or high fructose corn syrup. This ingredient is a secret additive to many products in today’s market. High Fructose Corn Syrup is one of the cheapest to make and hardest to get rid of in the body. Since its introduction
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WHAT IS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP? * High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a calorie-providing sweetener used to sweeten foods and beverages‚ particularly processed and store-bought foods. It is made by an enzymatic process from glucose syrup that is derived from corn. A relatively new food ingredient‚ it was first produced in Japan in the late 1960s‚ then entered the American food supply system in the early 1970s. HFCS is a desirable food ingredient for food manufacturers because it is equally
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Health Effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup Abstract: What is high fructose corn syrup? Is it some kind of disease making machine? High fructose corn syrup is causing many problems in the United States and two of the main problems are obesity and type two diabetes. There are also many other diseases that branch off from these two main diseases‚ like liver and heart disease. In this paper‚ the reason why high fructose corn syrup is becoming such a huge problem in the United States will be explored
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High Fructose Corn Syrup We owe a great deal to the Native Americans who introduced the Pilgrims to the maize plant. They were the first to realize its great potential as a main stable in our diets. We took that simple little plant and transformed it into the most grown grain in the United States. It has been genetically enhanced to the point that it can now produce two hundred bushels of corn or better per acre (Pollan‚ p.37) making corn the ideal item to be transformed into our sweetener
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Mark Hyman‚ when High Fructose Corn Syrup is used in moderation‚ it adds up over time and is major cause of heart disease‚ obesity‚ and tooth decay to name a few. He goes on to mention‚ that companies will list these products as “natural” or a naturally occurring substance‚ when in reality they are full of empty calories and artificial ingredients. Dr. Hyman also states that a person’s body cannot tell the difference between different types of sugars. However‚ with high fructose corn syrup‚ it reacts
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Sugar is Not Sugar: The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup Rhonda Sullivan DeVry University Sugar is Not Sugar: The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup Every one has seen the infamous TV commercial with the young couple sitting in a park on a blanket‚ innocently sharing a Popsicle made out of High Fructose Corn Syrup. The female offers her male cohort a portion of the frozen treat‚ responding to his hesitance with the disreputable claim hosted by the corn industry
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The Good‚ the Bad and High Fructose Corn Syrup Considered natural‚ corn syrup in essence is a sugar; it is a sugar made from corn. I would reckon that most folks think that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is just another additive of food ingredients and never give it a second notion. I was once like that as well; it was not until about two years ago I realized that corn syrup was somewhat controversial. Now‚ after reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma‚ I realize just how controversial
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making their produces more appetizing. The manufacturers are able to advertise their products as sugar-free due to the use of added sugars or what is commonly known as Splenda or high fructose corn syrup. According to Readers Digest in their article “4 Most Harmful Ingredients in Packaged Foods”‚ they claim that high fructose corn syrup is used commonly throughout all processed foods because it is a cheaper
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bottled foods and drinks we buy in the store‚ you find that 99% of them contain “high fructose corn syrup”‚ which is basically pure sugar. This means that the food industry is feeding a nationwide sugar addiction that is leading to a huge diabetes epidemic. It’s also interesting that the US government gives multibillion-dollar subsidies to the agribusiness corporations that grow and sell corn that ends up as high fructose corn syrup. Don’t you think our government should be working to protect our health
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All Sugars are not Created Equal: The Effects of Glucose versus Fructose on the Human Body All Sugars Are Not Created Equal: The Effects of Glucose versus Fructose on the Human Body Sugar has occurred naturally in our environment since the dawn of time‚ and mankind has been enjoying its sweet taste almost that long. After all‚ glucose occurs naturally in corn‚ fructose is the natural sweetener found in fruit‚ sucrose occurs naturally in sugar beets and cane‚ and lactose is found in
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