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Health See other Health Articles Title: Corn syrup producers to change name to 'corn sugar' as awareness over health concerns grow Bad press over health concerns has affected sales for the corn syrup industry and as a result the Associated Press reported today that corn syrup producers want to "sweeten up its image with a new name: corn sugar." The article explained: The bid to rename the sweetener by the Corn Refiners Association comes as Americans' concerns about health and obesity have sent consumption of high fructose corn syrup, used in soft drinks but also in bread, cereal and other foods, to a 20-year low. The group plans to apply Tuesday to the Food and Drug Administration to get "corn sugar" approved as an alternative name for food labels. The article goes out of its way to include statements of the safety of high fructose corn syrup, claiming the only known negative health effect is obesity. "But sugar and high fructose corn syrup are nutritionally the same, and there's no evidence that the sweetener is any worse for the body than sugar, said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The bottom line is people should consume less of all sugars", Jacobson said. "Soda pop sweetened with sugar is every bit as conducive to obesity as soda pop sweetened with high fructose corn syrup," he said. The American Medical Association says there's not enough evidence yet to restrict the use of high fructose corn syrup, although it wants more research." This claim about obesity has already been disproved by a recent Princeton University study: "Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true, " researcher Bart Hoebel said. Hoebel and colleagues fed two groups of rats an identical diet, supplemented with one of two sweetened beverages. One beverage consisted of a sucrose solution in concentrations similar to those found in many sweetened beverages. The other consisted of a high-fructose corn syrup solution at roughly half the concentration of a typical soda. The researchers found that the rats consuming the corn syrup solution gained significantly more weight than the rats consuming the sucrose solution. Additionally, a study reported by Reuters just last month exposed that cancer cells "slurp" up high fructose corn syrup and use the syrup to "divide and proliferate." Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same. Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found. This study and others have led natural health professionals like Dr. Joseph Mercola to label high fructose corn syrup "cancer's favorite food." The message is getting so loud now that the AP article mentions that Michelle Obama refuses to allow her children to consume products with corn syrup. Nearly every processed food now contains HFCS. However, many beverage companies have already started making and promoting "new" drinks made with real sugar, a move that has been driven by consumer demand based on growing awareness over the negative health effects. Perhaps the corn syrup industry believes the public is so dumbed down that simply changing the name will erase the health concerns. Poster Comment: So, we can see that the Public Relations War has begun as the Corn Syrup industry tries to make a silk purse out of a Sow's ear. I have been aware of the growing concern over HFCS for at least 2 years and possibly 3 now. The reality is that a lot of the "pretty" food you see in the Supermarket contains a lot of borderline ingredients and some that are flat unhealthy in nearly any quantity. Nearly all Soy products are now GMO with unknown long term results (the last number I saw was that 85% of all Soy grown in the U.S. is now GMO) and even that labeled "Organic" cannot be trusted because of pollen contamination from wind and insect carried GMO pollen (another concern with Soy and Soy products is the naturally occurring MSG which is a nerve toxin which over-excites neurons and brain cells to the point of death of the cell - thus the name Excito-toxin). Yellow Corn is much the same. White Corn and Popcorn are still safe for the time being as there is enough genetic difference to preclude cross pollenization from GMO Yellow Corn. The reality is that industrial food interests, and the Agenda 21 crowd, DO NOT CARE if their McFood has long term adverse health side effects as long as you keep buying it, don't read labels, and don't inform yourself. The way to fight back is to not buy it. Buy organic and local if at all possible. Farmer's Markets, and local growers that sell direct are options and they are good ones. Grow some of your own food. This year I grew 16 varieties of tomatoes (counting cherry tomatoes) and I guarandamntee ya' that what comes out of my garden is not only safe but a hell of a lot better tasting than the pink rocks and tasteless hybrids that the major supermarket chains want to sell you at obscene prices. If you can't grow your own buy from the local Farmer's Market. Can your own, buy a dehydrator (I've already dehydrated enough tomatoes to last me most of the winter) and by picking the green tomatoes and letting them ripen indoors, just ahead of first frost, I'll have fresh tomatoes until Thanksgiving. In all but the farthest north you can overwinter carrots and green onions and they require minimal attention. Salad lettuce prefers the cool weather of Spring and Fall and is a snap to grow - just learn to thin it a bit to give it about a foot between heads. Just get them started now while the weather is still good. There are a lot of strategies to eat healthy and good. Become an INFORMED consumer not a Sheeple who dies early from food associated disease.
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#22. To: Original_Intent (#0)
I no longer drink soda of any kind. My husband still drinks it though so I have started buying the Pepsi made with real sugar. I've purchased the Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper ones as well. Throw backs they call them. And they are probably right.
#26. To: farmfriend (#22)
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I've more or less kicked the soda habit. I stopped buying sodas with HFCS a couple of months ago - I was a Pepsi drinker. I have not seen any of the "new" ones that has real sugar. Although I'll bet it is GMO Sugar Beet sugar.
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