The Ban Of High Fructose Corn Syrup In The U.S.

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Sugar versus corn syrup in false advertising lawsuit

2011-04-29T02:15:00.000-04:00

Sugar growers seek injunction over HFCS advertising

* HFCS group stands behind its ads

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (Reuters) - Sugar producers think recent marketing efforts by manufacturers of high-fructose corn syrup aren't so sweet.

In a lawsuit filed last week, three sugar distributors say that equating HFCS with real sugar -- with slogans like "your body can't tell the difference" -- misleads consumers.

They accuse defendants, including Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM.N) and Cargill [CARG.UL], of using the publicity campaign to offset growing customer concerns about obesity.

"This suit is about false advertising, pure and simple," said Inder Mathur, CEO of Western Sugar Cooperative, one of the plaintiffs.

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An interview with Dr. Andrew Siegel on the dangers of HFCS

2011-04-20T23:32:00.002-04:00

Dr. Andrew L. Siegel earned a bachelor of science degree magna cum laude from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York in 1977, and a medical degree from the Chicago Medical School. Chicago, Illinois, in 1981, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, He completed a two-year residency in general surgery at the North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset. New York, an affiliate of Cornell University School of Medicine. Dr. Siegel then went on to undertake residency training in urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, from 1983 to 1987.

Q: What is HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)?

A: HFCS is a gooey liquefied sweetener that is abundant in processed foods and beverages. The typical American consumes an astonishing 50-100 pounds of HFCS per year!
The derivation of HFCS: Corn is milled to cornstarch, a powdery substance that is then processed into corn syrup. Corn syrup consists primarily of glucose. Through a complex chemical process, the glucose in the corn syrup is converted to fructose. HFCS results from the mixing of this fructose back in with glucose in varying percentages to achieve the desired sweetness: 55% fructose/45% glucose ratio of HFCS is used to sweeten soft drinks; 42% fructose/58% glucose ratio of HFCS is used in baked processed foods.

Q: Why does the processed food industry adore HFCS?

A: First, it is cheaper than sugar because of huge corn subsidies and sugar tariffs. Second, the liquid syrup lends itself to ready transportation in those enormous storage vats within 18-wheelers, similar to how gasoline is hauled. Third, fructose is incredibly sweet and does not crystallize or turn grainy when cold, as sugar can do. Fourth, because HFCS is very soluble and retains moisture, it makes for softer and moister processed baked goods. Fifth, it acts as a preservative that extends the shelf life of processed foods and helps to prevent freezer burn. Finally, HFCS is a key ingredient in many processed junk foods, which are addictive and promote cravings and continued consumption.

Q: Why is HFCS so dangerous to our health?

A: There is a good reason why HFCS is so demonized: while HFCS may help “preserve” processed foods, it does not help “preserve” us! In fact, a diet high in HFCS will help accelerate our demise.
Importantly, fructose is metabolized very differently from glucose. Every cell in our bodies can metabolize glucose, but it is primarily the liver that metabolizes fructose. Fructose does not stimulate insulin release as does glucose, nor does it stimulate leptin (our satiety hormone).  Fructose, more readily than glucose, replenishes liver glycogen, and once the liver is saturated with glycogen, triglycerides (fats) are made and stored. So, too much HFCS and we end up with a fatty liver…and body!
The bottom line is that HFCS ingestion pushes our metabolism towards fat production and fat storage, potentially leading to obesity, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. HFCS should be thought of as a toxin, in precisely the same way that tobacco is dangerous to our health.

Q: If fructose is the main sugar in fruit, how can it be bad for us since fruit is a natural product?

A: Fructose is indeed the predominant sugar in many fruits, hence the term
fructose. One difference between the fructose contained within fruit as opposed to that within a bottle of soda is that fruit fructose is natural and not created in a chemistry lab. Additionally, the concentration of fructose in fruit is significantly less than that contained within the soft drink.
Let’s do the math comparing an apple to a bottle of soda: An average-sized apple has about 80 calories: 20 grams of sugar consisting of 4 grams of sucrose (equivalent to 2 grams fructose and 2 grams glucose), 5 grams of glucose, and 11 grams of fructose, for a total of 13 grams of fructose. A 20-ounce bottle of soda has about 240 calories: 60 grams of sugar all from HFCS (55% fructose / 45% glucose) for a total of about 35 grams of fructose.
Furthermore, the fructose in beverages is a source of “empty” calories—essentially liquid candy—as they do not contain health-promoting ingredients present in fruit including fiber, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and other phyto-nutrients. Because of the fiber content of the apple, the sugars are slowly absorbed whereas the “naked” sugars in beverage form are rapidly absorbed, providing a “load” of fructose to the liver.
Bottom line: Enjoy your apple and avoid products that contain HFCS like the plague!

Q: Is HFCS any worse for us than sugar?

A: Table sugar (sucrose) is a refined and processed product that is a 50-50 mixture of glucose and fructose; the biological effects of both sugar and HFCS are virtually identical, with both potentially harmful to our good health.

Q: How does your book, Promiscuous Eating: Understanding and Ending Our Self-Destructive Relationship with Food, relate to this?

A:  I use the term “promiscuous” eating to mean an unhealthy relationship with food: a lack of commitment to quality foods and to eating for the right reasons, in the right quantities and in the right manner. It often entails the reckless consumption of food at unsuitable speeds, times and places, often without enjoyment of the eating process and without regard to consequence. It often leaves us feeling bloated, stressed and guilt-ridden. After a bout of promiscuous eating, we do not feel good about ourselves the next morning. Clearly, consuming HFCS is promiscuous eating…and oftentimes, when eating promiscuously, it is precisely these HFCS-containing, processed junk foods that are consumed.

Promiscuous Eating examines our relationship with food. For too many of us, this has gone awry, promoting obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Certainly, HFCS figures prominently in this relationship and our bad eating behaviors. By understanding the intricacies of our behaviors with respect to food, we are enabled to amend this relationship with the resultant change in diet and eating habits being transformative—if not life saving.
The website for the book is: www.promiscuouseating.com. It provides information on the book including a trailer; excerpts; ordering instructions; blog; and links to a wealth of excellent resources on healthy living. The FaceBook page for the book will provide a “tip of the week.”

Global Petition on High Fructose Corn Syrup - Launched

2010-09-23T06:28:00.001-04:00

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As you may be aware, this past Tuesday, September 14th, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA), the industry which manufactures High Fructose Corn Syrup, petitioned the U.S. FDA to change the name of HFCS to "Corn Sugar". This topic has been a top news story in the New York Times, the Associate Press, as well as other mainstream media.

Last night, in partnership with T-Sign Studios, we launched the first global counter petition letter to First Lady Michelle Obama at www.stopcornsugarnow.com.

With a Facebook fan following of almost 180,000 people globally, we hope to obtain a substantial following behind our counter petition. As of now, we've reached more than +8,000 signatures since 7am this morning. We are asking for help to promote this campaign

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ANALYSIS-Mexicans use more US corn syrup, displacing sugar

2010-08-23T19:16:00.000-04:00

By Mica Rosenberg

MEXICO CITY(Reuters) - Soaring consumption of high fructose corn syrup in Mexico, aided by high sugar prices and paltry local cane harvests, could accelerate next year and boost sugar exports to the United States.

Mexican consumption of the corn-based sweetener, which is cheaper than sugar, nearly doubled from 653,000 tonnes in the 2008/09 cycle to 1.2 million tonnes this crop year.

While that amounts to less than 20 percent of U.S. consumption of high-fructose corn syrup, known as HFCS, analysts see Mexican demand for corn syrup rising nearly 17 percent in 2010/11 to around 1.4 million tonnes.

A growing market for U.S. corn syrup in Mexico is welcome news for the U.S. HFCS industry, which is battling a perception among some American consumers that sugar is more healthy.

Many factories in Mexico, which have used only dry sugar for years, are making the tonne-for-tonne conversion to use liquid corn sweetener without big cost increases.

About half the HFCS consumed in Mexico is made locally -- Mexico produces 400,000 to 450,000 tonnes a year. The rest is imported from the United States. (Graphic: http://link.reuters.com/kag95n )

From 1995 to 2009, there was an eight-fold increase in U.S. HFCS exports to Mexico, the U.S. Agriculture Department says.

Audrae Erickson, president of the U.S. Corn Refiners Association, said the trend in Mexico is partly due to a move in 2008 to relax trade barriers as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has slowly phased out protections for sensitive products like corn and sugar.

The sharp increase in HFCS use in Mexico comes as the country's sugar cane producers struggle to maintain their crop in the face of bad weather and other problems. Last year, sugar output hit its lowest level in a decade, forcing the government to open a last-minute import quota.

In the coming season, Mexican sugar production is expected to increase slightly to up to 5.1 million tonnes. This could produce a glut that will allow it to boost sugar exports to the United States.

Rene Martinez, an official at Mexico's sugar chamber, said Mexico will send 900,000 tonnes of sugar north to the United States by the end of the year.

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Kevin Combs, vice president of U.S. commodities brokerage McKeany-Flavell, said Mexican demand for HFCS will stay strong even if the country's own cane harvests improve.

"Mexico will still maintain relatively high (sugar) prices and therefore the opportunity for HFCS in Mexico will continue next year," Combs said.

In the United States, the HFCS industry is fighting a perception among some consumers that corn sweeteners are more likely than sugar to cause obesity.

Producers say HFCS is no more linked to health problems than sugar. Still, some big bottlers like Pepsi are experimenting with using more cane sweeteners, Combs said.

U.S. consumption of HFCS dropped 14 percent to around 7.3 million tonnes since 2002 while sugar demand during the same period stayed basically flat, said Jack Roney, an official at the American Sugar Alliance.

"U.S. corn sweetener producers are feeling relieved that while they are losing market share in the U.S. they are gaining market share in Mexico. That is a great solace," he said.

But if the opposite trend accelerates in Mexico, it may irk some Mexican consumers nostalgic for sugar-sweetened versions drinks like Coca-Cola they grew up drinking.

"I like soft drinks better in Mexico. I have read that fructose is sweeter than sugar but it has a certain flavor that I personally don't like," said Enrique Hernandez, an avid soda drinker who lived a year in the United States.

Erickson and the corn refiners say most consumers cannot tell the difference between the two flavors.

(Editing by Missy Ryan and David Gregorio)

Why Ban HFCS?

2010-08-22T19:35:00.000-04:00

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury

Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked To Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recently conducted a study revealing that cancer cells have a particular liking for refined fructose. In tests, pancreatic cancer cells quickly fed on refined fructose and used it to divide and proliferate rapidly within the body.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked To Autism

A peer reviewed article published in the Behavioral and Brain Functions journal in Oct. 2009 explain that the mercury in HFCS is linked to the rise in the prevalence of Autism. We explain that consumption of HFCS leads to zinc loss and/or deficiency and in combination with the mercury exposure, the end result is a loss in brainfunction. Specifically we are talking about Autism.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked To Liver Disease

Increased consumption of high fructose corn syrup was associated with scarring in the liver, or fibrosis, among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)," said Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology at Duke University Medical Center.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked To Obesity

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to High Blood Pressure

A diet high in high fructose corn syrup increases the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, California. The findings suggest that cutting back on processed foods and beverages that contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may help prevent hypertension.
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Sara Lee latest to curtail use of high-fructose corn syrup

2010-08-16T22:13:00.001-04:00

By Emily Bryson York, Tribune reporter

First it was calories, then it was fat and sodium. The latest health concern: high-fructose corn syrup, and the trend is accelerating.As the country struggles with obesity issues, ingredients in food have been under increasing scrutiny, bringing some confusion to the marketplace but also opportunities for companies as they try to differentiate themselves in a competitive grocery store.Consumer concern has been getting a quick response from food companies, as many remove high-fructose corn syrup from well-known products, replacing it with cane or beet sugar. Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. is the latest to jump on board, removing the sweetener from its two best-selling breads.Among the litany of big-name products that already have undergone recipe overhauls: Hunt's ketchup, Gatorade and everything in Starbucks' pastry case.High-fructose corn syrup, the widely used and historically inexpensive sweetener, has been getting a critical look from food scientists and many American families, thanks at least in part to books, movies and studies looking at why Americans continue to gain weight. First lady Michelle Obama, meantime, has said that she won't feed her daughters products containing the ingredient.

Many medical and nutritional professionals, as well as the Corn Refiners Association, contend that all sweeteners are metabolized the same way.

A Princeton University study, on the other hand, has shown that long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup does lead to abnormal increases in body fat, especially around the belly. Books like "The Omnivore's Dilemma" have added to the debate, charging that widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup is part of what's wrong with the American diet. And movies like "Food, Inc." have heightened many consumers' skepticism about big food.

On Monday, Sara Lee, the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and the iconic frozen cheesecake, announced it would remove high-fructose corn syrup from its Soft & Smooth and 100 percent Whole Wheat bread lines because their consumers — moms in particular — had asked them to.

"We're seeing more and more consumers asking for products without high-fructose corn syrup. As we looked at unsolicited responses from our consumer hotline, and pairing that up with focus group research and talking to Sara Lee moms, removal of high-fructose corn syrup was something they saw as a positive for them," said Jeff Dryfhout, director or Sara Lee North American Fresh Bakery.

Over the past few years, Kraft Foods Inc. has removed high-fructose corn syrup from its Capri Sun juice drinks, Wheat Thins, Premium crackers, Nabisco 100-calorie packs and the majority of its salad dressings.

"We know there are consumers who look for products that don't have high-fructose corn syrup, which is why we have made the changes we've made," said Bridget MacConnell, a Kraft spokeswoman.

A danger, according to nutritionists, is that a label reading "HFCS-free" could become synonymous with "healthy."

Keri Gans, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, said high-fructose corn syrup and sugar are basically the same: They "provide a lot of extra calories and no nutritional value."

"The message should be that people should limit their baked goods intake and eat more fruit instead, less processed foods with nothing added to it, and more whole foods, vegetables and whole grains," she said. "Then it would be a moot point. Then we would be getting the consumer to be eating more of what we should be eating to begin with."

In a statement, Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association, said the opposite may be true.

"When consumers are armed with facts about high-fructose corn syrup, they often view food companies that market products as 'high-fructose corn syrup-free' more negatively," she said, citing a survey that said only 3.6 percent of consumers are concerned about high-fructose corn syrup. "A sugar is a sugar, whether it's corn sugar or cane sugar."

It's unclear whether any marketer has lost sales as a result of removing high-fructose corn syrup from a product. However, some companies have cited improved sales after removing it as part of a broader overhaul to respond to consumers' requests.

Production of high-fructose corn syrup has been on the decline over the past few years. And that's putting pressure on the corn-growing industry.

For decades, corn syrup reigned as the industrial food-sweetener of choice. Trade barriers made sugar more costly to U.S. consumers, and corn subsidies made the grain-derived sweetener extremely cheap. However, increased ethanol production in recent years has boosted the price of corn and, consequently, corn sweeteners. The average price of high-fructose corn syrup during fiscal 2009 was 31 cents a pound, while sugar prices averaged 36 cents a pound, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

"It's clear that food and beverage manufacturers are listening to their customers, who are asking for all-natural sugar," Andy Briscoe, president and chief executive of the Sugar Association, said in a statement. He added that the association is "excited that Sara Lee has joined with other major brands in making sugar its sweetener of choice, and based on what we've heard, we are confident grocery shoppers will welcome this move."

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High Fructose Corn Syrup

2010-07-05T15:28:00.000-04:00

Growing up in rural North Carolina there was one saying that I heard frequently: “What is done in the dark will come to light.” Today, this phrase seems to be connected to the often-used sweetener, high fructose corn syrup. For years, people in the United States have been left in the dark on the possible side effects of this popular sweetener that was somewhat “secretly” being put into our food supply around the seventies. Since then, obesity rates have skyrocketed. Rates have gone from 15 percent of the U.S. population to roughly one-third. Also type 2 diabetes is on the rise; a 2010 study published by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) suggests that 23.6 million people in the United States (7.8% of the total population) have diabetes which is the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure and non traumatic lower-extremity amputations among adults. Is it just coincidence that these two trends parallel each other? Or is HFCS to blame?

Whatever the case, if the current trends continue, 1 in 3 Americans will develop diabetes sometime in their lifetime and those with diabetes will lose, on average, 10-15 years of life. With these sickening statistics in mind there is however some light at the end of the tunnel. As more and more Americans begin to question HFCS and more independent studies are being published showing its possible role in the obesity epidemic, demand for this sweetener will gradually diminish and it may no longer be included in our foods and beverages in America.

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2010-04-10T11:35:00.000-04:00

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2010-04-08T02:32:00.000-04:00

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2010-04-08T02:06:00.001-04:00

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2010-04-07T09:21:00.000-04:00

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2010-04-06T17:26:00.001-04:00

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The Future Of Food

2010-04-05T16:58:00.000-04:00

VP Biden says HFCS causes hundred of thousands of deaths a year.

2010-04-03T14:03:00.001-04:00

Healthy Families Don’t Eat High Fructose Corn Syrup

2010-03-20T17:22:00.000-04:00

Healthy Families Don’t Eat High Fructose Corn Syrup

By Melanie Yunk

Childhood obesity and diabetes are on the rise, and children are increasingly acquiring Type 2 diabetes. Are you disturbed by this fact? I am, although I’m not surprised because of the poor quality of the food we grow and eat in the U.S. Serving sizes have doubled, tripled even quadrupled at restaurants and fast food joints. And children are cleaning their plates despite the enormity of serving size.

This article offers shocking statistics and tips for keeping your children healthy.

Here are the facts:

· Nearly 2/3 of today's children are overweight or obese. (Nearly 2/3 of today's adults are overweight or obese too.)

· These children may not live as long as their parents. Experts suggest that their lives could be shortened by as much as 6 years!

· Overweight children are getting Type 2 Diabetes, a disease normally acquired only by adults.

Tips for Today

Every little step you take helps, as long as you get started now! Step 1: Eliminate or at least reduce High Fructose Corn Syrup from your family's diet.

A 2004 study by George Bray, an obesity scientist at the Louisiana State University System's Pennington Biomedical Research Center found a link between the consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and obesity. The study suggests that the increased use of corn syrup in the late 1970s to early 1980s is related to the rise in obesity in the U.S.

Dr. Bray found enough evidence to suggest that Americans should reduce the amount of HFCS in their diets. HFCS is found in most sodas, cakes, cookies, candy, energy bars, sauces (not our Big Acres Sauces), condiments, pickles, even bread, including the buns used by most fast food restaurants!

The problem with HFCS is that this sugar has a high-glycemic index, which means that when eating this ingredient insulin levels increase and then crash, resulting in sugar cravings and increased hunger.

Here are some tips to help you reduce the amount of HFCS in your family’s diet:

1. Read food labels! Stop buying products that contain corn syrup. Find alternatives to foods containing HFCS.

2. Shop at a grocery store like Whole Foods that offers healthy options. Some large grocery chains like Raley’s and Safeway offer a natural foods section. Check these sections too. Of course, all stores include products that contain this ingredient, so be sure to review every label.

3. Check the ingredients of some of your favorite fast foods on the restaurants' websites and select alternatives - or better yet, eliminate fast food altogether!

4. Try foods sweetened with agave syrup or natural cane sugar. Better yet, sweeten it yourself with agave syrup or Stevia, a natural non-sugar, low carbohydrate and non-chemical sweetener that won't spike your blood sugar.

By reading food labels and reducing high fructose corn syrup, your family's health situation will improve over time. Little steps make big differences, so get started now!

Sources:

· Consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup in Beverages May Play a Role in Epidemic Obesity, George A. Bray

· Couch Potato Culture May Cut Our Lives Short

· Stevia in Wikipedia

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Over 130,000 cases of diabetes now linked to soda consumption, HFCS

2010-03-11T03:59:00.000-05:00

Over 130,000 cases of diabetes now linked to soda consumption, HFCS

For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that “nicotine is not addictive.” Soda doesn’t cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it’s perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quantities.The Corn Refiners Association has joined the denial with its own spin campaign that seeks to convince people High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is totally natural and completely harmless. HFCS is, of course, the primary sweetener used in sodas and soft drinks.Now comes new research presented at the American Heart Association’s Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention annual conference in San Francisco. This new research reveals that over the last decade, soda consumption has conservatively caused:
• 130,000 new cases of diabetes

• 14,000 new cases of heart disease

• 50,000 more “life years” with heart disease over the last decade
“The finding suggests that any kind of policy that reduces consumption might have a dramatic health benefit,” said senior study author Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco).The American Beverage Association, meanwhile, says this study hasn’t been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal yet and therefore it doesn’t count. Soda consumption doesn’t cause diabetes or heart disease, they claim, because “…both heart disease and diabetes are complex conditions with no single cause and no single solution.”It’s silly logic, of course: Diabetes obviously has a cause. It’s not some spontaneous disease that appears out of nowhere. And when you go looking for the cause, you obviously have to look at dietary factors since diabetes is a disease related to the consumption and metabolism of dietary sugars. Once you do that, sodas immediately raise a red flag because they’re liquid sugar in a highly-concentrated form that does not exist naturally in nature.HFCS doesn’t grow on trees, in other words. Nature provides sugars locked into insoluble fibers that slow digestion and lower the effective glycemic index of sugars that are consumed. In nature, sugars are always combined with minerals, too, and many of those minerals help prevent diabetes and heart disease. But High-Fructose Corn Syrup is stripped of virtually all those minerals. It contains no fiber and no healing phytonutrients that you might encounter in plants. As a result, HFCS — sometimes dubbed “liquid Satan” — might be called a dietary poison that causes disease while contributing to nutritional deficiencies that accelerate disease.Bone lossInterestingly, this new study did not look at loss of bone density, which is another side effect of drinking soda. Due to the extremely high acidity of the HFCS sweetener combined with the phosphoric acid used in sodas, people who drink sodas often lose bone minerals and end up being diagnosed with osteoporosis (even at a relatively young age).Other people end up with kidney stones due to all these minerals passing through the kidneys and contributing to the built up of mineral deposits there. Long-term soda consumers may even suffer from pancreatic cancer due to the extreme stress placed on the pancreas following the consumption of liquid sugars.In all, soda consumption is linked to at least six serious diseases:
#1) Diabetes

#2) Obesity

#3) Heart disease

#4) Cancer

#5) Osteoporosis

#6) Kidney stones
That’s why taxing sodas is more than merely a way to raise money through soda sales; it’s also a way to dramatically reduce the cost of treating these diseases. It’s no surprise that several U.S. states are now starting to seriously consider slapping new taxes on sodas and other “junk” beverages.That’s not the way I would prefer to see the situation handled, actually. The better option, in my view, would be to ban all soda advertising by effectively stripping Free Speech rights from corporations. Such rights belong only to individuals, not multi-billion-dollar corporations. Corporations whose products physically harm the health of the population at large should not be allowed to openly advertise and promote those products to the public. They can still sell them, they just can’t advertise themThis is the real solution to the problem: Take away the advertising of sodas and consumer consumption immediately plummets. It’s all the advertising that keeps the soft drink sales machine churning out disease and suffering in the name of corporate profits. Soda companies, of course, will argue that they have a Free Speech right to advertise their products even if they do promote disease. That’s an argument to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, of course. But let there be no mistake about it: The continued tolerance of soda advertising is creating a nation of diabetes, obesity and heart disease.There will be a price to be paid for all this, and I fear it will be a price far beyond what society is able to pay. To raise a nation on sodas and processed foods is to ultimately doom that nation because failed health will ultimately lead to a failed nation. You cannot built a healthy nation upon the backs of a diseased population, and thanks to the soda companies and junk food companies, the United States of America is now a nation of diseased, diabetic, obese consumers who continue to poison themselves every single day with the dangerous chemicals found in heavily advertised food, beverage and personal care products.If I were the health advisor for a country, I would outright ban all advertising of harmful consumer product(foods, beverages, personal care, cleaning products, etc.), and in their place I’d run public service announcements teaching people about nutrition, disease prevention, vitamin D and commonsense self-care. Within one generation, that nation would be the healthiest in the world, with the lowest rates of disease and affordable health care coverage for all.The junk food and soda companies, of course, would go broke, and the economy would rearrange itself to open up new jobs in healthier and more productive industries rather than the “disease industries” that dominate America today.Sugary beverages, you see, aren’t just a disease upon those who regularly consume them; they are a disease upon the very nation that threatens its economy and compromises its future.

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2010-03-08T03:22:00.000-05:00

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GATORADE(R) ELIMINATES HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

2010-03-04T15:21:00.000-05:00

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High-fructose corn syrup: What are the concerns?

2010-03-01T08:01:00.000-05:00

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Share your stories on how, HFCS has affected your life.

2010-02-24T16:09:00.001-05:00

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2010-02-23T17:52:00.000-05:00

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2010-02-22T20:30:00.001-05:00

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GM corn causes organ damage

2010-02-22T19:34:00.000-05:00

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