Comments on: Corn Syrup, Is it Really Just Like Sugar? http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/ Natural medicine info. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Nicole Sundene, answers your natural medicine health questions at the kitchen table! Diet, weight loss, herbal medicine, exercise, fat burning, health, nutrition, and alternative medicine research! Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rick Cain http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/#comment-8235 Rick Cain Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:54:52 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/?p=3322#comment-8235 There's really nothing wrong with sugar (sucrose). The problem with HFCS corn syrup is that it is an engineered product, made with enzymes from fungus. We have been eating way too much sugar for decades now, but only have begun to get fat in the past 20 years or so because of the rapid replacement of sugar with high fructose corn syrup in commercially prepared foods. There’s really nothing wrong with sugar (sucrose). The problem with HFCS corn syrup is that it is an engineered product, made with enzymes from fungus.

We have been eating way too much sugar for decades now, but only have begun to get fat in the past 20 years or so because of the rapid replacement of sugar with high fructose corn syrup in commercially prepared foods.

]]> By: Amen to the Obesity Tax, Let’s Just Call it Something Else | Kitchen Table Medicine http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/#comment-6388 Amen to the Obesity Tax, Let’s Just Call it Something Else | Kitchen Table Medicine Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:40:27 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/?p=3322#comment-6388 [...] I would suggest that New York tax juice containing High Fructose Corn Syrup. The only thing that makes me mad about the obesity tax is that it is called the “Obesity Tax.” [...] [...] I would suggest that New York tax juice containing High Fructose Corn Syrup. The only thing that makes me mad about the obesity tax is that it is called the “Obesity Tax.” [...]

]]> By: 18 Reasons Why Sugar Is Wrecking Your Health and Making Your Multiple Sclerosis Worse | Conquer Multiple Sclerosis http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/#comment-6375 18 Reasons Why Sugar Is Wrecking Your Health and Making Your Multiple Sclerosis Worse | Conquer Multiple Sclerosis Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:03:31 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/?p=3322#comment-6375 [...] Recently Conquer MS has posted articles centering on the issue of high fructose corn syrup and its relationship with mercury.  New medical information has sited the occurrence of mercury in the sugar syrup and the conclusion that this toxic metal is associated with a whole array of health problems. [...] [...] Recently Conquer MS has posted articles centering on the issue of high fructose corn syrup and its relationship with mercury.  New medical information has sited the occurrence of mercury in the sugar syrup and the conclusion that this toxic metal is associated with a whole array of health problems. [...]

]]> By: Cynthia1770 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/#comment-6085 Cynthia1770 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:44:33 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/?p=3322#comment-6085 Hi, My google alert for HFCS picked up your blog. Good reading. I'd like to give the CRA a lesson in math. Althought the CRA claims that HFCS-55, (55%fructose:45%glucose) which is used to sweeten all national brands of soda, is "similar" to sucrose (50:50), it really isn't. 55/45 =1.22 That means that every time a teen chugs a Coke or Pepsi (bottled in the US) his liver is receiving the health "benefits" of 22% extra fructose, compared to glucose. As you have written it is the excess fructose that contributes to long term health hazards. I am only a midwestern piano teacher who likes math; I am sure the chemists at ADM and Cargill have the same calculations. Ditch HFCS. Take care. Hi,
My google alert for HFCS picked up your blog. Good reading. I’d like to give the
CRA a lesson in math. Althought the CRA claims that HFCS-55,
(55%fructose:45%glucose) which is used to sweeten all national brands of soda, is “similar” to sucrose (50:50), it really isn’t. 55/45 =1.22 That means that every time a teen chugs a Coke or Pepsi (bottled in the US) his liver is receiving the health “benefits” of 22% extra fructose, compared to glucose.
As you have written it is the excess fructose that contributes to long term health hazards. I am only a midwestern piano teacher who likes math; I am sure
the chemists at ADM and Cargill have the same calculations.
Ditch HFCS. Take care.

]]> By: earthmother http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-sugar/#comment-6069 earthmother Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:25:39 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/?p=3322#comment-6069 <i>This is a little like asking if you would rather be shot or stabbed</i> LOL. Loved that, Dr. Scott! Don't know if you saw this article the other day on Web MD about <a href="http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20090127/mercury-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup" rel="nofollow">Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup</a>. They even list many common brand-name products that they tested. Nasty, nasty stuff. HFCS should be banned from foods (along with a b'zillion other additives). This is a little like asking if you would rather be shot or stabbed

LOL. Loved that, Dr. Scott!

Don’t know if you saw this article the other day on Web MD about Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup. They even list many common brand-name products that they tested. Nasty, nasty stuff. HFCS should be banned from foods (along with a b’zillion other additives).

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