Americans! Stop consuming high-fructose corn syrup!

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A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
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"These rats aren't just getting fat; they're demonstrating characteristics of obesity, including substantial increases in abdominal fat and circulating triglycerides," said Princeton graduate student Miriam Bocarsly. "In humans, these same characteristics are known risk factors for high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, cancer and diabetes."
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In the 40 years since the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup as a cost-effective sweetener in the American diet, rates of obesity in the U.S. have skyrocketed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 1970, around 15 percent of the U.S. population met the definition for obesity; today, roughly one-third of the American adults are considered obese, the CDC reported. High-fructose corn syrup is found in a wide range of foods and beverages, including fruit juice, soda, cereal, bread, yogurt, ketchup and mayonnaise.

"Our findings lend support to the theory that the excessive consumption of high-fructose corn syrup found in many beverages may be an important factor in the obesity epidemic," Avena said.
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http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/
 
Me too. 6three, didn't you used to be called sixthree?
 
Everybody knows that the stuff is awful for you. Its been known for years.
 
News doesn't affect me; I switched to canned cancer years ago.
 
In the US, sugar is relatively expensive, and corn crops get government money through subsidy. Where Sodas originally had sugar in the formula, it has been replaced with HFCS.

A system of sugar tariffs and sugar quotas imposed in 1977 in the United States significantly increased the cost of imported sugar and U.S. producers sought cheaper sources. High-fructose corn syrup, derived from corn, is more economical because the domestic U.S. and Canadian prices of sugar are twice the global price and the price of corn is kept low through government subsidies paid to growers.

HFCS became an attractive substitute, and is preferred over cane sugar among the vast majority of American food and beverage manufacturers. Soft drink makers such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi use sugar in other nations, but switched to HFCS in the U.S. in 1984.

Large corporations, such as Archer Daniels Midland, lobby for the continuation of government corn subsidies.
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HFCS is dirt cheap in the US, and so they put it in nearly everything in the supermarket. I manage to avoid it for the most part since I almost always cook, and I rarely drink soda anymore.
 
Six4.

Also, I have a pretty high risk of getting diabetes. I should probably stop eating just about everything that doesn't come straight from the ground. :(
 
6Three said:
I kindly ask the admins to change it up every couple of years... about that time?
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Maybe next time you can get it changed to 111111.

I hear you on that diabetes stuff Stigmata. I worry I already have it, that it's just undiagnosed. Runs in my family. I haven't been good with my diet for most of my life.
 
VirusType2 said:
In the US, sugar is relatively expensive, and corn crops get government money through subsidy. Where Sodas originally had sugar in the formula, it has been replaced with HFCS.

HFCS is dirt cheap in the US, and so they put it in nearly everything in the supermarket. I manage to avoid it for the most part since I almost always cook, and I rarely drink soda anymore.
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I hardly had any soda over the past 5 years or so, but nowadays I tend to drink a lot more of it. I think it's stress and tiredness. I've been at work for more than 16 hours now and I just drank a can of soda faster than I've ever drank soda before in my life.

Cane sugar tastes a heck of a lot better than HFCS though.
 
dfc05 said:
I hardly had any soda over the past 5 years or so, but nowadays I tend to drink a lot more of it. I think it's stress and tiredness. I've been at work for more than 16 hours now and I just drank a can of soda faster than I've ever drank soda before in my life.

Cane sugar tastes a heck of a lot better than HFCS though.
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I'm happy to say that soda is one of those things I've been able to kick for well over 5 years now for the most part. I have one or two sodas maybe once every 2 months, but that's it.
 
In terms of Soda (I don't know the sugar regularions in canada) I drink Jones Soda (it's made with Cane Sugar, and, thus, is ****ing TASTY)
 
Same, Raz. Looking back to when I was 12 or so, it actually horrifies me to think of how much pop I would drink, and how often. Our fridge would be re-stocked with two or three 2-liter bottles every week, sometimes twice. This is between me and three other siblings, to be fair, but still.

[edit] Jones' soda is brilliant. It's like the flavour has its own texture. Mass-market pop tastes comparatively flat, ironically enough.
 
Stigmata said:
Same, Raz. Looking back to when I was 12 or so, it actually horrifies me to think of how much pop I would drink, and how often. Our fridge would be re-stocked with two or three 2-liter bottles every week, sometimes twice. This is between me and three other siblings, to be fair, but still.

[edit] Jones' soda is brilliant. It's like the flavour has its own texture. Mass-market pop tastes comparatively flat, ironically enough.
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Rarely bottles for us. It was cans, cans, and more cans. We'd drink em all up and then recycle our massive collection. My dad and uncle had their own addictions with Diet Dr Pepper.

I think there was one or two times when we made 100 bucks off recycling our cans. ****... I honestly don't remember.


Kids these days... they're going through energy drinks like we went through sodas... They're going to really **** themselves up, I tell you.
 
I really don't like hearing about how bad my food is. healthy food here is expensive and bad food is cheap. it might be the exact opposite in Canada because my trip to Toronto has opened my eyes to how bad American food is
 
Just read under 'health effects' here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hfcs

Also, the following two anchors (under apiculture and public relations).
I really don't like hearing about how bad my food is. healthy food here is expensive and bad food is cheap.
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That's not necessarily true if you make your own meals - it's cheaper. Yeah, you pay twice as much for bread that actually has nutritional content, and not just calories - who would have figured?

Other than that though, buy some vegetables, chop them up and put them in your meals. I personally don't really eat anything that is already made, other than foods from the bread & cereal group, and some sauces.

For example, buy some premium Italian kaiser rolls, butter for the toasted crown (the top of the roll), a tomato, an onion, some pickles, a head of lettuce, and some ground beef and make the best hamburger you ever had. Although I'm a vegetarian so I substitute ground beef for meatless burgers.

The next night, I might make tacos - dice up some more of the tomato and use low fat sour cream, add some diced black olive, grated cheddar cheese, shred some of that lettuce, add some taco sauce and put it on whole grain corn taco shells. Best tacos on earth.

Subway ain't got shit on fresh. Only way this stuff could be better is if you grew your own vegetables and made your own sauces.
 
Why is it so important for Americans? I guarantee Canadians and Europeans eat just as much of it in their processed food.

EDIT: Actually, Americans do need to stop eating it. Then all of you foreigners kick the bucket and we can take you land!

Also, corn grows remarkably well in the US and kicks the shit out of sugar beats and cane sugar in yield per acre.
 
I only drink soda with pizza. As for other drinks with HFCS, I've actually gotten into a habit of diluting them. I mean the stuff is sweet as hell and if you get used to this, you realize it.
 
Our word for "HFCS" is "Fabricated Sweetner Additives".

Also, HFCS is cheaper, and more efficient. However, don't eat shitloads of it. Anything will get you fat if you eat like Americans. No offense meant to Americans.
 
Dem Europeans and Canucks r' more willin' to deal with them damn dirty commies selling sugar cane in Cuba!
 
I've been actively trying to eliminate this stuff from my diet for a while, but it's very difficult considering the sheer amount of foods that use it. Ketchup, bread, jelly, many cereals, cough syrup... it's ridiculous. I always check the labels on most food items just to make sure. You never know when they'll change the recipe on you.
 
Sedako said:
I've been actively trying to eliminate this stuff from my diet for a while, but it's very difficult considering the sheer amount of foods that use it. Ketchup, bread, jelly, many cereals, cough syrup... it's ridiculous. I always check the labels on most food items just to make sure. You never know when they'll change the recipe on you.
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CornSyrup.jpg
 
David.Seth2 said:
Those guys at Princeton, with their fancy college degrees, don't know not'n'. Corn syrup is fine. There's even a commercial about how good it is!
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I hate those commercials and I want to punch that kid in the face.
 
why, it's not like he's wrong. Or do you mean the demeanor, I can see that being an annoying personality.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
why, it's not like he's wrong. Or do you mean the demeanor, I can see that being an annoying personality.
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Yes, his stupid ass demeanor.

Oh and this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67NMir6K0xk



The biggest problem with HFCS is that it's in nearly everything, and it's in there in high amounts. Insane amounts. And as a result it's a large contributing factor to our obesity epidemic.
 
I sure as **** am gonna keep any kids of mine away from processed food as much as possible.
 
Raziaar said:
Yes, his stupid ass demeanor.

Oh and this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67NMir6K0xk



The biggest problem with HFCS is that it's in nearly everything, and it's in there in high amounts. Insane amounts. And as a result it's a large contributing factor to our obesity epidemic.
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Which one's demeanor?

The biggest problem, in my opinion, is not the HFCS levels in your food, but the amount that you eat. If you don't want to be obese, then holy jesus batman, you should stop eating 3000~4000 calories a day. I'm hungry all the time because I can't afford lunch. I don't eat snacks because I don't have time to eat them. It turns out, eating less means that you don't get fat! :D
 
15357 said:
Which one's demeanor?

The biggest problem, in my opinion, is not the HFCS levels in your food, but the amount that you eat. If you don't want to be obese, then holy jesus batman, you should stop eating 3000~4000 calories a day. I'm hungry all the time because I can't afford lunch. I don't eat snacks because I don't have time to eat them. It turns out, eating less means that you don't get fat! :D
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Yeah, but see you're speaking as a South Korean. Asian countries are entirely different and haven't been suffering the obesity epidemic as much as we have because of food choices and culture.

Most people in this country don't pay attention to calories listed, and they just snack or eat. What they don't realize though is that most of the cheap food we have that you buy at the store is just so incredibly calorie dense, that they feel like they've eaten a small amount but instead have just consumed way more calories than they need.

Fast food really is one of the biggest problems. Marketing cheap food to budget conscious people. 89 cents from Taco Bell gets you 700-800 calories easy.

Americans are just constantly bombarded with insane amounts of bad choices, and they tend to take them.
 
Maestro said:
Why is it so important for Americans? I guarantee Canadians and Europeans eat just as much of it in their processed food.

EDIT: Actually, Americans do need to stop eating it. Then all of you foreigners kick the bucket and we can take you land!

Also, corn grows remarkably well in the US and kicks the shit out of sugar beats and cane sugar in yield per acre.
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Your guarantee is worthless. HFCS is much less common in our processed food.

And, duh, of course corn grows well in the US, it's a crop which originated in America. It has had a much longer history of being bred for your climate than the imported Eurasian crops such as wheat. What's your point?
 
mmmmmmmmmmmmm Corn.....

On note, I've done quite a good job at slowing down my intake of Pop. I'd go through a 30 pack of Mountain Dew in a couple of days easy. Did that for a couple of years. Then I started drinking beer instead, *not as much, of course...* and then I got a beer belly.

Hell yeah!
 
Soda, regardless of if it's sweetened with HFCS or cane sugar, is essentially poison if you drink it like water. I'll never understand people who drink a coke with every meal. Even "diet" sodas are acidic and shitty for your stomach, and the artificial sweetener may potentially increase your risk of getting brain cancer. Pure candy rubbish.
 
Eejit said:
Your guarantee is worthless. HFCS is much less common in our processed food.

And, duh, of course corn grows well in the US, it's a crop which originated in America. It has had a much longer history of being bred for your climate than the imported Eurasian crops such as wheat. What's your point?
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Protip: Glucose/Glucose-Fructose Syrup is HFCS.

My point being that trying to replace HFCS in most foods would be impossible. There is no other alternative that produces sugar effective in the central US. Attempting to grow either of the other major sugar-producing plants is impossible, the amount of useable materials which are derived from corn vs. other sugar-producing plants is enormous. Sugar beats do ONE things, sugar cane does ONE thing: make sugar. Corn can not only grow almost anywhere in the US (neither of the previous can) it is
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/03/CornSyrup.jpg

That all boils down to: corn syrup is staying.
 
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