Comparison Contrast Essay 30 March 2011 Coca Cola VS Pepsi Coca Cola and Pepsi are the two most popular and widely recognized beverage brands in the United States. Pepsi and Coca Cola contrast each other on their taste‚ its associated colors and themes‚ and ingredients. Coca-Cola and Pepsi differentiate in more ways than one. Coca-Cola has more of a coke flavor taste. It is fizzier than that of Pepsi. It is smoother going down‚ and after about six hours it changes flavor and becomes more watery
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Fear of a Corn Planet Final draft Robert Ridley Comp 2 Fear of a Corn Planet For some time now corn has been an energy source and an enemy to all of America. Unbeknownst to us it has been secretly added to everything a normal American ingests on a daily bases. Products such as Soda pop‚ Energy bars‚ Red bull energy drinks‚ and most processed foods. Though corn does have its practical applications in fuel production as well as industrial
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in many citric-based fruit and soft drinks * Cheap alternative to cane and beet sugar | * Increases triglycerides and cholesterol * Can damage liver‚ testicles‚ thyroid‚ heart and kidneys. * May predispose the body to turn fructose into fat | High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) | * Sustains freshness in baked goods * Blends easily in beverages to maintain sweetness. | * Increases risk for Type-2 diabetes‚ coronary heart disease‚ stroke and cancer * Isn’t easily metabolized by the
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Genetically modified corn‚ Gasoline and High fructose corn syrup Did you know that about 85% of our corn is genetically modified (True Food Network)? It’s really surprising how genetically modified food has been incorporated into our society. We eat genetically modified food every single day whether it would be yogurt‚ fruits‚ milk‚ peanut butter‚ etc. So what is genetically modified food‚ according to “Non-GMO shopping guide”‚ genetically modified food (also known as GMO) is define as “the result
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Effect of drinking soda sweetened high-fructose corn syrup on food Michael ABSTRACT in the with intake aspartame and body or weight G TordoffandAnnette To examine MAlleva suggest that sweet oral stimulation initiates a cephalic-phase metabolic reflex that increases appetite (10). The long-term effects of artificial sweeteners on food intake and body weight are less clear. Although some investigators report weight gain in animals given artificial sweeteners to eat or drink (1 1-13)
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Altamirano 1 Victor J. Altamirano Professor Powers Business and its Publics 25 February 2012 Subsidizing Profits In contemporary United States policy‚ the conception of free market principles result in negative externalities for the public as well as market inefficiencies. To address these issues‚ the government has developed methods to sway commercial enterprise and its services through taxes and subsidies. Taxes are used to discourage certain transactions and production operations
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that is also not a good point in drinking it. These are calories that enter your bloodstream without even providing vitamins‚ minerals‚ or proteins that you need for your health. Also‚ most brands of soda pop are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup has been shown to be more very harmful than sugar. As much as we are more concerned of sugar content and the empty calories that soft drinks have‚ we must also consider the acidity of it. The corrosiveness
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growth. * Few competitors. 2) Bargaining Power of suppliers (Low) * The inputs for Coca Cola’s products were primarily sucrose or fructose and bottling. Sugar could be purchased from many sources on the open market‚ and if sugar became too expensive‚ the firms could easily switch to corn syrup‚ as they did in the early 1980s. Actually‚ Coca Cola uses high fructose corn syrup within U.S. and sucrose for outside U.S. * Raw materials can be available from many sources around the world. 3) Bargaining
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obese (Michael‚ 2012). Our diets have led to 16.3% of our nation ’s resources being spent on healthcare (White‚ 2013). There are antibiotics and growth hormones in our meat‚ Genetically Modified Organisms and pesticides in our produce‚ and high fructose corn syrup in most of the foods that are packaged and canned (Kenner‚ 2009). This leads to a higher rate of diabetes‚ cancer‚ and other chronic diseases‚ which proves that food manufacturers are killing us with these additives. Antibiotics
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We are all made of corn. Take a strand of your hair. A recent study proved that if you are like the average American consumer today‚ your hair is 69% made of corn carbon. This is in contrast to the 5% of corn carbon that is in the hair of Europeans. Americans use more corn in their diet than anyone else‚ and the corn content of the American diet is partially responsible for our country’s widespread obesity and the prevalence of diabetes. America’s over-production of corn has serious consequences
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