54. Ban High Fructose Corn Syrup: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is not broken down like other sugars. Normal sugar is broken down by the pancreas, which results in the body releasing insulin to moderate blood sugar. HFCS is not recognized by the body as a sugar, it is broken down by the liver. Since the body does not recognize HFCS as a sugar, blood sugar level spikes wildly causing a reduction in the feeling of being full since it does not trigger the normal sugar and insulin response. HFCS has been linked to cirrhosis of the liver, fatty liver disease, type II diabetes and obesity. HFCS is cheep to make and has replaced nearly every food that once contained sugar. Most HFCS foods are aimed at children or young adult consumption. At the very least, ban HFCS from all cereals, juices, and bread products. The rise in obesity rates has direct links to HFCS and should be recognized as such. Stop subsidizing HFCS and restart subsidizing other sugars such as beet and sugar cane products. If you can’t ban HFCS then tax it to death, this will force predatory capitalists to go back to healthier sugars.
Ban High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Comments (6)
Provide information and then let people make their own choices!
I find it offensive to not be able to find many products without this in it.
Did you go on the passover coke treasure hunt? I never did find any here in Des Moines, but I did find throwback pepsi (made with sugar). Watch out for Jones sodas, they invert cane sugar to fructose, same thing as HFCS after the inversion.
I saw an article saying that an investigation was under way on whether we have been getting Mercury contamination in HFCS..then, right after, the Corn Association started pushing their commercials saying it was ok within moderation...WAS THAT a sign that the Corn Association was scared? What were the results of the investigation? Does anyone know?
It is hard to tell. They did admite that HFCS does contain mercury, but in quantities in parts per billion rather than parts per million. This is how they downplayed it. Whether this information is true, well probably never know. This information is coming from the industry itself and since when did that relationship ever bear real facts.
This should probably be merged with the "tax sugary soft drinks" idea. Some sort of a sin-tax on HFCS would effectively take care of both ideas.