High Fructose Corn Syrup, Watch Out!

High Fructose Corn Syrup is a common ingredient in many manufactured foods. High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)has been linked to obesity. When ingested, completely unlike regular sugar, HFCS converts to triglycerides and adipose tissue within 60 minutes. The average American eats about 68 lbs of High Fructose Corn Syrup per year. The use of HFCS has increased dramatically since 1980. As usage of HFCS has increased, statistically, cardiovascular disease, obesity, hypoglycemia and diabetes have followed the exact same actuarial curve. The bottom line is that High Fructose Corn Syrup is not metabolised the same way that sugar is. HFCS is a man-made, manufactured product that is contributing to and or causing a serious health care problem in America. It is difficult to find products that do not contain HFCS, but it can be done. Health food stores and Whole Foods Markets sell food products free of this ingredient. Also, if you are a careful label reader, with a little effort, the mainstream markets even have foods with out HFCS. For example, jarred tomato sauce. I spent twenty minutes reading the label on every brand in the market. Only one brand that I could find did not have HFCS as an ingredient....Ragu Light. Manga!

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