High Fructose Corn Syrup is Evil !

Despite the commercials the corn producers of America have been playing on television, High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad for you and unlike the dim wits on the commercials who cannot explain why, some of us can.

The average American consumes an astounding 2-3 pounds of sugar each week, which is not surprising considering that highly refined sugars in the forms of sucrose (table sugar), dextrose (corn sugar), and high-fructose corn syrup are being processed into so many foods such as bread, breakfast cereal, mayonnaise, peanut butter, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, frozen foods and microwave meals.
Maltodextrin is also a refined product usually made from either corn or potatoes. It is very readily absorbed and has a very high glycemic index.
Dextrose is an industry term for glucose. Glucose is the most prevalent sugar in humans and is the only molecule that the brain can metabolize. Dextrose is refined from cornstarch. It has a very high glycemic index, as it is glucose!
High fructose corn syrup is made by treating corn (which is usually genetically modified corn) with a variety of enzymes, some of which are also genetically modified, to first extract the sugar glucose and then convert some of it into fructose. The result is a mixture of 55% fructose and 45% glucose, that is called ‘high fructose corn syrup.’
In 2001 CORN sweeteners (genetically modified) accounted for 55% of the sweetener market.
Consumption of high fructose corn syrup went from zero in 1966 to 62.6 pounds per person in 2001.
Per capita intake of refined sugar is almost 150 pounds a year. HFCS accounts for 51.7 pounds of that, and sucrose for 64.5 pounds, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That translates to about 60 pounds of fructose per person.
Wonder why the obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes rates in America are off the charts in the past decade ? GEE I WONDER !
Also, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Maltodextrin,Dextrose,Corn Syrup Solids,Brown Rice Syrup,Malt Flavoring,ETC. are all clever ways to say Glutamate as in yes the evil Monosodium Glutamate better known as MSG which I mentioned below and which I believe is the number one thing poisoning our food supply and creating all the health problems Americans are facing these days.
Some of the problems associated with high fructose corn syrup:
Increased risk of Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus (better known as Type 2 Diabetes)
Fructose inhibits copper metabolism leading to a deficiency of copper, which can cause increased bone fragility, anemia, ischemic heart disease and defective connective tissue formation among others.
Rapid Aging.
Altered Magnesium balance leading to increased osteoporosis.
Increased LDL’s (the bad lipoprotein) leading to increased risk of heart disease.
It is the worst form of sugar you can take in, it is off the charts on the glycemic index for those diabetics that are trying to keep up with that.
A good rule of thumb to live by if you want to be healthy : If it doesn't occur in nature, don't eat it !

Food or not food.....that is the question !

Basically I have heard it said that if your great grandmother were alive right now and picked up something we call food nowadays and could not figure out how to eat it, it is not food ! Would she know how to eat these boxed mashed potatoes,bags of noodle products,yogurt in squeeze bags,frozen dinners with 500 ingredients,etc. I have also heard the phrase " keep it simple stupid". The reality is that ice cream need only contain roughly 5 ingredients, milk,cream,sugar,eggs,vanilla, and maybe chocolate or nuts, that is it ! Why is it most ice cream now contains stuff you generally cannot pronounce or have no clue what the heck it is ? Yum Carageenan, mmmm guar gum,dextrose, maltodextrin,corn syrup solids, high fructose corn syrup,soy lecithin,brown rice syrup,barley malt flavoring, yum yum !!!! Cannot live with out those right ? Wrong. Did you know that all of those ingredients and several more that would take this whole page to name are just a different way of saying MSG ? That is right, same old lady with a different dress. Most of us know MSG is bad for you, but unfortunately most of us think it is only found in Chinese restaurants and if you buy products saying no MSG you are safe. Well my friends you will be hard pressed to find any boxed or frozen item which does not have at least one of those ingredients above on the list. They may not be MSG but they are still glutamates. If you have the following problems ( which I do and now I know why) you may be the victim of MSG poisoning diabetes,high blood pressure,migraines,thyroid and weight problems,numbness and poor circulation in hands and feet,sinus problems,digestion issues,the list goes on and on. If you are diabetic or have high blood pressure, the MSG goes through the blood brain barrier and directly gets into your brain causing untold damage. I know we live in a busy fast food society, but please, take the time to just buy organic, real food, and cook it yourself at home, it can be done, my husband and I do so all the time. It is not as expensive as you think if you shop smart and it is cheaper than paying tons of doctor bills to try and rectify all the damage ingesting that garbage is doing to your body. Plus all the money you will spend on whatever pill the good old doc gives you for your health problems. Do not even get me started on the pharmaceutical industry !