HFCS Dangers (relabeling name change?)

[atomicspacebunny]

How High Fructose Corn Syrup Destroys Your Body (It's NOT a Pretty Picture)

What’s in a name?

“…For years, the corn industry has tried to mislead us. In 2010, the Corn Refiners Association sought to improve the image of HFCS. Thankfully, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stepped up and turned down their request to rename HFCS to the more natural sounding term “corn sugar.” …” “…Here are a few other deceptive names of HFCS that you should look out for: maize syrup, glucose syrup, glucose/fructose syrup, tapioca syrup, fruit fructose and crystalline fructose…” “…The toxic ingredient now called fructose, or fructose syrup, contains even higher concentrations of harmful HFCS, making it more of a health risk than regular HFCS. Regular HFCS (HFCS-42 or HFCS-55) contains either 42 or 55 percent fructose, while HFCS-90 contains 90 percent. The Corn Refiners Association stated, “A third product, HFCS-90, is sometimes used in natural and ‘light’ foods, where very little is needed to provide sweetness. Syrups with 90% fructose will not state high fructose corn syrup on the label, they will state ‘fructose’ or ‘fructose syrup.” …” Source: Food companies hiding harmful high fructose corn syrup under new name Monday, December 12, 2016 by: Amy Goodrich https://www.naturalnews.com/2016-12-12-food-companies-are-hiding-harmful-high-fructose-corn-syrup-under-new-name.html

Note: HFCS-42 or HFCS-55 (regular HFCS)==to==>HFCS-90 (highly concentrated) ==>Fructose\Syrup (under certain % scheme)

[CandyLindTX]

[Sunder]

I read a lot about HFCS a few years back after watching a documentary on it and how it contributes to obesity and metabolic syndrome. It’s quite fascinating, especially since Australia doesn’t really use much HFCS. Most of our sugar is sucrose. It’s all politics. America has a huge and powerful corn farming community, where as Australia has a huge and powerful sugar cane farming community. America uses Corn Sugar, Australia uses, guess what? Cane sugar

Calorie for calorie, fructose is sweeter than either glucose or sucrose, so in theory less of it is used, but it’s much more damaging, because it impacts the liver much more substantially during its conversion to fat. Glucose has a much lower impact as it can be used by cells immediately, where as sucrose is first broken down into glucose and fructose, with each part having its respective impact on the body.

There are many nutritionists who say that fructose in actual fresh fruit is fine, there was a recent BBC show that suggested we should even limit fructose from natural sources. Not being British, I can’t watch the whole episode (They lag 6 months in Australia, but I saw the preview), but I am really keen on knowing the truth of that. I am not eating fruit now, but I would love to return to eating fruit during my low carb phase.

I’m now glad I don’t consume any refined sucrose or fructose, and even when I switch back from Keto to just low carbs, I’m intending to completely stay away from them. As much as I love a sweet treat, it’s just not worth it.

[Monterayk]

. America has a huge and powerful corn farming community, where as Australia has a huge and powerful sugar cane farming community.

It’s a bullet proof industry in America. Every single American president MUST bow before the corn industry in the Iowa caucuses. It’s a sinister story that ends with us making up reasons to use corn and then lying about how beneficial it is. We would probably have a low carb “recommended American Diet” if the Wisconsin caucus was first!

BTW this is also the only reason we have any automotive ethinol fuel. It’s inferior in every way, including pollution as I understand it.

I wonder if Australia, England and other 1st world countries have similar around their necks…

[Sunder]

You bet we do. Manildra, the largest manufacturer of ethanol, has been under scrutiny at least twice over some political decisions that just happened to go their way shortly after a donation or a meeting with a politician. The most suspect one was shortly after it was mandated that every petrol station must have E10 (10% ethanol) as an option.

Fuel companies ordered millions of litres of ethanol from overseas. Manildra met with some politicians, and suddenly imported ethanol is taxed, no grace time, no grandfathering in orders even when they had been paid for. If it hadn’t reached an Australian port, it was taxable when it did.

Every company, and every political donor has the right to have their view heard… I’m not alleging anything. But it does seem their lobbying is exceptionally successful.