Biotech Values

[randychub]

I would agree with you that there are many important things, including my top one, get off your ass and do something but evidence has been mounting against using corn syrup as a sweetner.

My wife is a food nazi so it is not allowed in our house. The fact that most of it goes to fat is all she needed.

Article 1


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303123802.htm


Article 2


There are many reasons why high fructose corn syrup is bad for health and especially bad for people trying to lose weight. According to medical doctor and noted health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola, high fructose corn syrup is the sweetener most easily metabolized by the body directly into fat. Drinking one can of soda pop puts 40 grams of high fructose corn syrup into the body, which is more than the American Medical Association's recommended daily allowance for all sweeteners. Drinking a can of pop along with eating a sandwich on white bread with high fructose corn sweetened-grape jelly and peanut butter can put your consumption sky-high.

Within the body, high fructose corn sweetener is processed very differently from natural sugars found in fruits and other food sources. Dr. Elizabeth Parks, writing in the Journal of Nutrition in 2008, states that high fructose corn syrup is quickly converted by the liver directly into fats, which are then stored. Some are stored directly at the liver. These can lead to raised cholesterol levels as well as create conditions ripe for insulin resistance, a precursor to Type II (adult-onset) diabetes.

Randy