Natural Home : High Fructose Corn Syrup

'We now eat food grown by unnatural processes which make use of a host of chemical substances: hormones, antibiotics, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides - of which residues are to be found in nearly all the food commercially available today.' Edward Goldsmith, The Ecologist, Vol 30 No 7, October 2000

High Fructose Corn Syrup

Much science is pointing to high fructose corn syrup not metabolizing in the body until it gets to the liver, at which point it is turned into fat. If it is not metabolized BEFORE it gets to the liver (like most foods), it turns to fat in your body.

The medical community is saying it inhibits satiety (feelings of fullness after a meal) for basically the same reason. Your body does not get the signal that it has consumed enough because your body hasn’t started to metabolized the high fructose corn syrup you're still eating. Therefore the feeling of fullness comes after eating.  Unfortunately by then, you have consumed far more calories than necessary. In other words, if those calories had been anything other than high fructose corn syrup, your body would have signaled fullness and you would have stopped eating sooner.

The manufacturers and promoters also use deceptive phrasing and words.  For example, substituting the phrase ‘high fructose corn syrup’ with the word ‘fructose’ on food labels. These two words are not interchangeable.  They are two very different food sources.

HFCS In Surprising Places.

Dry Roasted Peanuts; bread- almost every brand including “whole grain” and healthy alternatives; and of all things Yogurt, peanut butter, crackers, mayonaise. Please read the label carefully and don't be fooled by the word 'natural' . If the label reads cornsyrup, cornstarch, or HFCS consider alternatives or make your own.

Corn syrup is made from GMO corn, using GMO chemicals in processing. Until we know more, it is simply better to make a conscious choice and stay away from it as much as possible. There is too much growing evidence not to be concerned.

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