We started a facebook petition for introduction of a tax on foods containing high fructose corn syrup.
Such a tax would raise the cost of “junk food” that contains HFCS, force food manufacturers to start using alternative and safer sweeteners in the foods they produce, and eventually put a stop to the obesity epidemic that started with [...]
Huffington Post reported on January 12, 2010 that according to a study published in International Journal of Biological Sciences, genetically engineered corn, which is used in production of corn syrup sweeteners, has been linked to organ failure in rats.
In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods [...]
The Future of Food, a documentary available for free on Hulu (in the US only), exposes the dangers of genetically engineered foods like corn and soybeans.
Scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published an article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that discusses the 1000% (yes you read that right, 1000%) increase in the average consumption of high [...]
In April 2009, Time magazine published an article summarizing the results of a 12-week study done by the researches at the University of California Davis. The study, according to the article, demonstrated that people drinking fructose-sweetened beverages with each meal “showed signs of unhealthy changes in their liver function and fat deposits. In this group, [...]
How much should we really trust the high fructose corn syrup industry (HFCS)? While the FDA does not currently regulate HFCS, perhaps it should. Not just for the side effects it has from massive consumption, but for its actual production and distribution process.
In January 2009, the Washington Post published a article entitled Study Finds High-Fructose [...]
In this video, Connie Bennett, co-author of the book Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life– and How YouCan Get Back on Track discusses the advertisements that the Corn Refiners Association have funded. She says, “Those ads are really, really frightening.” The advertisements try to convince the viewer to believe HFCS [...]
King Corn is a documentary about growing an acre of corn and trying to follow it through the food system in the U.S. “King Corn tells the story of two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. As the film unfolds, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends [...]
If you are using formula to feed your child you might want to take a look at the ingredients right now. According to Dr. William Sears article, Corn Syrup in Formula on Parenting.com, corn syrup “has no place in infant nutrition.”
He goes on to point out that:
HFCS can make children fat
HFCS can lead to serious [...]
It may sound strange, but it is entirely possible a diet of pure fructose could severely damage your heart.
In 2001, The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup, by Linda Forristal, appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Fall 2001. It was [...]
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine]
This [...]