Food rant: high fructose corn syrup

[Conan The Librarian]

I have read credible articles on food additives and there is one that really stands out: high fructose corn syrup. I'm no tree hugging vegan who only eats "whole foods", but the science about this stuff has made me check ingredient lists and reject any product containing HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).
 
Basically, it fools your body into wanting to eat more because it tampers with your insulin response.
 
Common foods like a lot of ketchups and jams and pancake syrups and fast foods have a lot of it.
 
 

[SHOOTALL]

Yes and when Coke did the switch and had to bring back real coke they used corn syrup instead of sugar. I always wondered if they did so to limit prople tasting the difference ? Why did they call it classic coke ? different product ?

[SHOOTALL]

I'd avoid it.....and stay away from processed manufactured food as a rule.....TM7
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Good advice !

[BUGEYE]

Yes and when Coke did the switch and had to bring back real coke they used corn syrup instead of sugar. I always wondered if they did so to limit prople tasting the difference ? Why did they call it classic coke ? different product ?

this was a coke scam from the start.  they knew that people would yell to return the old coke, so they returned it with the cheaper HFCS.  and people fell for it.
once in a while, pepsi will put out pepsi-throwback with sugar.  it's good.
but if coke put out a "throwback" they would be admitting their scam.

[Old Syko]

We eat much differently than we did a few years ago.  Practically all vegetables come from our garden and many local fruits are canned or frozen.  Meat gets purchased on the hoof or from a private source that doesn't feed commercial feeds, as opposed to grocery store stuff.  It has changed our systems to the point we can't eat out anymore without getting sick.  Within 30 minutes to an hour of eating out I get sick enough that about half the time whatever I've eaten comes back up.  A house or tossed salad seems to do the most damage.  Without the HFCS I eat less and have been able to lose weight.

[myronman3]

you really dont want to know some of the things going on in the food industry....it is scary stuff.

[Tommyt]

Eat/Use Raw local Honey
Never  HFCS
And to your other post tupelo honey is a one of a kind "the reason it brings a premium price"
 

[SHOOTALL]

Seems type 2 diabetes has gone up since the use of HFCS .

[Sourdough]

Back when the ethanol craze got started, everyone complained that food prices went up.  That's because the food industry was using High Fructose Corn Syrup in almost everything we ate.  Less corn, less corn syrup, higher prices.

[Victor3]

 Good advice is...
 
 Whatever you choose to eat, simply eat a lot less of it. One reason we're diseased and dying prematurely is due to consuming way more than our bodies need. Any effect the nasties in what we eat has on us is magnified by how much of them we take in over our lifetime.
 
 Even many so-called "bad" foods, when consumed in moderation, can be dealt with by our bodies. Generally speaking, it's when we overwhelm our various systems with piles of minimal nutritional value foods that health problems appear.
 
 Choose your poison. You can die by drinking too much bottled water in 30 minutes, or by eating a pound of bacon and a box of twinkies every day for 30 years.