Comments on: High Fructose Corn Syrup

By: Will

Will — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:13:00 +0000

Wow! That is quite the endcap or display box! Sure jumps out at you. Thanks for posting the photo. I try not to eat English Muffins. Too much processing for my tastes, but this is a step in the right direction for sure. I will look at the ingredient list next time I am at the store. Bet it is pretty long.

By: techfun

techfun — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:42:32 +0000

Thomas’ English Muffins seem to be rejecting HFCs… just took this pic at lunch.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/techfun/3287483199/sizes/l/

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By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:18:14 +0000

Interesting. Thanks Will.
Anna

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By: HealthNut

HealthNut — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:45:02 +0000

It’s so important to know who is conducting the research. Often companies produce this slanted research to mislead the public. I’ll be staying away from high fructose corn syrup.

By: Cynthia1770

Cynthia1770 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:32:54 +0000

Hi,
My google alert picked up your post. Here’s another reason to stay away from HFCS, especially HFCS-55 which sweetens many beverages:
The math. Although the difference of saccharides in HFCS-55
(55%fructose:45%glucose) appears to just be 5% off from sucrose
(50% fructose:50%glucose), the ratio fructose:glucose yields a different number. 55/45=1.22. This means that everytime a teenager
chugs a Coke or Pepsi (bottled in the US), his liver is receiving
the health “benefits” of 22% excess fructose, compared to glucose.
As you know, it is the fructose moiety that leads to long term health hazards. Now, if a midwestern piano teacher who enjoys math can figure this out, you know that the CRA and the sugar chemists at
Cargill and Archer-Daniels-Midland are very aware of these figures.
Amen to ditching HFCS. Take care

By: John Hunter

John Hunter — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:39:31 +0000

Good advice, though I admit I only try to avoid it, I don’t actually avoid it as fully as I would avoid the plague. The US Food and Drug Administration ruled that http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/03/high-fructose-corn-syrup-is-not-natural-food/“>HTCS is not natural food

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