High Fructose Corn Syrup...the real deal!

High Fructose Corn Quick Facts

• The American Medical Association (AMA) recently concluded that "high fructose corn syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners."


• Research confirms that high fructose corn syrup is safe and no different from other common sweeteners like table sugar and honey. All three sweeteners are nutritionally the same.


• High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as table sugar and is equal in sweetness. It contains no artificial or synthetic ingredients.


• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup "Generally Recognized as Safe" status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review.


• High fructose corn syrup offers numerous benefits. It keeps food fresh, enhances fruit and spice flavors, retains moisture in bran cereals, helps keep breakfast and energy bars moist, maintains consistent flavors in beverages and keeps ingredients evenly dispersed in condiments.

-Source: http://www.sweetsurprise.com/hfcsquickfacts.php

STOP THE MADNESS...

It's nearly as maddening as Philip Morris campaigning against underage smoking...huh?

As you read the above "facts" from the new advertising campaign from the Corn Refiners Association, you might be confused too. This advertising campaign is designed to dissolve the myths that have helped demonized High Fructose Corn Syrup in recent years.

And after reading the first couple of facts, you might be thinking, "okay, sounds pretty good..."

And then you get to the last bullet point...

Whoops!

Go ahead read it again...take your time...

Let me clarify some things you may not be thinking about...

It shouldn't be any surprise that eating "clean" is best for you. That eating foods that leave a footprint (ie the stuff left on the fingertips after you've drawn out your hand from the cheetos bag) are not the best for you. Further that eating foods that have been chemically altered to help make them taste better, last longer, and remain moist have still been CHEMICALLY ALTERED. Somehow, something's got to give. How can something so fresh and clean as bran be untouched and remain clean after a chemical has been added?

It's the same reasoning behind the assumption if we injest a drug into our bodies that somehow we should not expect any side-effect consequences? It's a chemical altering a body that wasn't meant to be altered...

So please educate yourself...ask more questions. But don't fall into the trap that if something makes things "better" it's better for you...WRONG. After all, drug, alcohol, food, and sex addicts would claim that the "chemicals" they're putting in their bodies make them feel "better" too...

"Better" doesn't equate to GOOD..."Safe" doesn't equate to GOOD..."Approved" doesn't equate to GOOD...

Good is Good is Good!