Community | March 21, 2008 | 7 comments

High-fructose Corn Syrup Bad For Environment

source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030603294.html

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR200...

Not only will High Fructose Corn Syrup make you fat while destroying your liver, it is also really bad for the environment. The genetically modified corn used to produce HFCS requires more pesticides and chemical fertilizers than natural corn. It is also not a crop that is rotated, which severely depletes top soil quality.

Once you've decided to eliminate HFCS from your diet, label reading becomes essential. HFCS creeps into food you would not expect to see it, like ketchup and yogurt. Start writing manufacturers, such as Heinz, and tell them you no longer purchase their products because they contain high-fructose corn syrup.

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7 comments // High-fructose Corn Syrup Bad For Environment

  • motoko09
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      motoko09  

    • YES! Finally a good post about this cheap body altering syrup. But I agree with you on eliminating this stuff from my diet, I will help strengthen the positive statistics for American health.

    • 4 years ago
  • queenofit
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      queenofit  
    • motoko09:

      I have been *trying* to eliminate HFCS from my diet for 3 months.

      Thanks for posting a comment, I received a note in my email that you did, and I re-visited this article.

      (to update my commitment to give up hfcs)

      I am trying my best to stand strong against HFCS. I do pretty good if I don't eat processed food, which I don't buy. But eating out or at families house can be difficult.

      I have modified several aspects of my diet, so collectively I think they are all responsible for my improved health. Not that I was sick; just not much energy, and I would drift into the blahs often. Yes, not feeling hungry all the time either. hmmm? ;)

    • 4 years ago
  • queenofit
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      queenofit  

    • I just read this, oh my.....this makes so much sense, and this is another reason the food corporation conglomerates add this stuff to our food, it sells more food...

      Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of You: The Owner’s Manual,says....

      "The problem is that HCFS inhibits leptin secretion, so you never get the message that you’re full. And it never shuts off gherin, so, even though you have food in your stomach, you constantly get the message that you’re hungry"

      I believe that.....good grief I am going to stop eating this stuff right now! wish me luck! grin...

    • 5 years ago
  • queenofit
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      queenofit  
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    • Thank you for posting this important information. HFCS is in so much food we consume that it boggles my mind.

      I read an article where someone was challenging the members of the forum to eliminate food that contained hfcs.

      I am afraid to look in my cubbard, as I most certainly have food with hfcs.

      I put a link to a list of what has hfcs, it would have been much shorter to just say what doesn't have hfcs. sadly

    • 5 years ago
  • Elligirl
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      Elligirl  

    • It is SO darn hard to eliminate HFCS entirely, but I feel it's worth the struggle. Unfortunately it means that "convenience" foods which are hardly foods at all are almost all off the table...

    • 5 years ago
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  • Spiral9
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      Spiral9  

    • good job uroborus! I've been looking to post like this...people wonder why I am so fanatical about not having high fructose corn syrup in my food

    • 5 years ago

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