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 !