Dangerous Corn Syrup

High Fructose Corn Syrup is the sweetner of choice in processed foods. Corn Syrup has replaced sucrose as a food sweetner for two reasons: Corn is much cheaper and it is also twice as sweet as table sugar. Here is the downfall. High Fructose Corn Syrup is not metabolized the same as other sugars. Sugars are usually digested and converted to glucose which the body uses as energy. Corn Syrup bipasses this digestive process and is removed by the liver. Since the liver removes the fructose, the pancreas does not get to do its job of releasing insulin the way it does with other sugars. With little or no insulin secreted, the fructose corn syrup converts to fat more than any other sugar. Corn syrup also does not cause a release of the hormone, Leptin. Leptin is the hormone that helps regulate the appetite. The Leptin helps to signal the body when it is full. When consuming foods with high amounts or any corn syrup, you don't tend to feel as full and eat more. This coupled with the fact that the fructose is converted directly to fat is contributing to obesity and disease, world wide. Fructose corn syrup also raises triglyceride levels and has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals. It is much better for your health to use real sugar as opposed to corn syrup, especially, the healthy form of sugar which is unrefined white or brown sugar or unrefined cane juice.

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