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Don’t be Fooled, Corn Sugar is Just Another Name for HFCS
Walk down the aisle of your basic supermarket, randomly pick up an item on the shelf and check the ingredients. Is High Fructose Corn Syrup on the list? Nine times out of ten it probably is. HFCS is in everything from bread to ketchup and cereal to spaghetti sauce.
Since the rate of obesity has increased in this country, researchers and scientists are looking where to place the blame. HFCS is definitely on the list of usual suspects. It’s high-caloric density and presence in the majority of processed foods makes it the leading culprit. It’s received such negative press lately that the Corn Refiners Association wants to change the name to Corn Sugar. They are spending millions in marketing and advertising to revamp their image.
Be an informed consumer. Don’t be fooled by flashy marketing and name changes. The bottom line: keep reading labels and consume less sugar overall.
Have you seen the corn industry’s ads? What do you think about this name-changing tactic?
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7 Comments
September 18th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Why are there health benefits to some alcohol daily?
Ok, so we know that binge drinking and taking shots and stuff is bad for your liver and what not, but i’ve read everywhere that 1 or 2 beers or glasses of wine daily has health benefits. what’s in the alcohol that makes it good for you?
September 18th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Beer belly.
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September 18th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
drinking a glass of red wine daily has the following benefits:
Promotes Longevity
Reduces Heart-Attack Risk
Lowers Risk of Heart Disease
Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Lowers Risk of StrokeCuts Risk of Cataracts
Cuts Risk of Colon Cancer
Slows Brain Decline
for details, check out this site:
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/8-health-benefits-of-drinking-wine
…and believe it or not, beer also has its benefits!!! check it out:
http://healthmad.com/health/10-health-benefits-of-drinking-beer/
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September 18th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
It is both the alcohol and some other stuff in it that make it good for you. Moderate alcohol has been shown to help cholesterol levels, and wine has some phytochemicals that have health benefits.
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21478144/ns/today-today_health/
September 18th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Red Wine has some chemicals that have been shown to be good for your heart,
Real beer is full of nutrients, it is drinking liquid bread. By real beer, I mean something heavy, not just bud light.
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September 18th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
This gets asked about twice a day.
It lowers your cholesterol. It lowers LDL(bad) and raises HDL(good). It is for this reason it has been directly associated to lowing the risk of diabetes.
Studies have also shown it lowers the risk of strokes by as much as 80%. And if you had a stoke reduces its severity by nearly 90%. It also shows it reduces your chance of type 2 diabetes. A French study showed that people to drank a bottle of wine a day have a 75% less chance of dementia and alzheimer.
In fact there man good health effects to drinking 2-4 drinks a day.
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September 18th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
The red wine thing is sorta a misnomer. Its the antioxidants in the wine that are good for you, NOT the alcohol.
To put it simply, there are no benefits to alcohol daily.
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