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jodi f.
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Corn is Making the U.S. Unhealthy (beyond HFCS)
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April 05, 2009, 06:18:05 AM »
This is from
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/04/Corn-is-Making-the-US-Unhealthy.aspx
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Pundit George Will has joined the ranks of those who have noticed that the U.S. government’s treatment of corn is wrecking the health of Americans.
Ever since Nixon, government policy has been to sell large quantities of calories as cheaply as possible -- especially calories coming from corn. Now, a quarter of the 45,000 items in the average supermarket contain processed corn, often in the form of high-fructose corn syrup.
The result?
Rates of chronic diseases like cancer and Type 2 diabetes are much higher today than they were in 1900. Type 2 diabetes is a $100 billion a year consequence of, among other things, obesity related to a corn-based diet. Four of the top 10 causes of American deaths -- coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer – have well-established links to diet as well.
Making matters worse, by now you may have seen “crystalline fructose” as an ingredient in beverages.
If you’ve been wondering what it was, it turns out that crystalline fructose “is produced by allowing the fructose to crystallize from a fructose-enriched corn syrup.” This information is from the sugar producers themselves. So, it is made from corn syrup, and not only corn syrup, but “fructose enriched” corn syrup. Sounds like another name for high fructose corn syrup.
Fructose and glucose are metabolized differently in the body. Glucose is metabolized in every cell in the body, but all fructose must be metabolized in the liver. When a diet includes a large amount of fructose, then it creates a fatty liver, and even cirrhosis. Crystalline Fructose contains a 99.5 percent minimum of fructose assay, which is an even higher percentage of fructose than regular HFCS!
Another ingredient of crystalline fructose is arsenic. Additional chemical compounds that make up crystalline fructose are heavy metals, lead, and chloride.
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LorienneS
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April 06, 2009, 09:43:53 AM »
Thanks. I'll alert my "homies" to keep up the vigilant label reading.
Lorienne
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eat food - not too much - mostly plants
RondyI
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April 13, 2009, 12:41:43 PM »
Yes I agree, we're walking corn chips. It seems like everything we eat is corn or has corn in it. So here it is, we grow corn, then we feed corn to our feed animals, then we eat those animals with a side of corn on the cob, and wash it down with HFCS soda. Forget it man, I'm gonna jump in my ride and drive to Brazil. What? They fuel there cars with corn. Well I guess I'll go for a walk!
Sincerely,
Chocolate Corn Chip
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