Feeding Ourselves

…contains the dietary fiber Dextrin, which Pepsi’s Japan distributor claims will reduce the amount of fat absorbed by the body. … The indigestible fiber causes people to feel fuller, which helps prevent them from eating too much. The additive also causes an increased number of bowel movements…. [Oh, well, let's have another bottle of that!]

Remember back in 2006 when the bumble bees started disappearing? Well, it seems we might have an answer. Mass Bee Colony Collapse Linked To High Fructose Corn Syrup. Yeah, that's right. High fructose syrup. -CDR M

So between being largely responsible for the diabetes epidemic and killing bees the progs still want to ban REAL SUGAR while allowing this crap, largely made with massive government farming subsidies, to be used in our food? -BlueFalcon in Boston

It was not a sugar ban per se, but ridiculous tariffs on imported sugar, to protect less than 100,000 producers in the U.S. It would not be a silver bullet, but allowing Haiti to export sugar to the States would sure relive a lot of economic pain in the country. -logprof

The specific breed of corn used to make HFCS is subsidized (to make food production cheaper) in addition to the protectionism of the US Sugar market.
Mind you if we had free market sugar there would be no financial incentive to produce HFCS or use it as a sugar substitute.

HFCS is utter crap on the dietary scale. Makes people crave even more sweets, without the satiation of real sugar, so everyone loads up on more calories and the rockets up glycemic index. Billions of dollars worth of healthcare would probably be saved from people not being overweight and suffering from diabetes from unconsciously overeating if HFCS wasn't replacing sugar in almost everything we eat.

Another big example of government intervention causing all sorts of unintended consequences. -BlueFalcon in Boston

High fructose corn syrup is real sugar. Same molecular composition, just a different ratio of isomers. The jury still seems to be out as to whether or not it is metabolized differently. -Y-not

203 #183, HFCS is the equivalent of highly processed sugar. It is more quickly absorbed into your blood stream than regular sugar. It's like comparing highly bleached white flour to whole grain flour. Anything overly processed is metabolized too quickly for our physiology to feel satiated and know how to use the calories. People wind up overeating processed foods with highly refined flours and sugars, compared to less refined flours sugars, because they still feel hungry even though they've consumed more calories than the less processed alternatives. -BlueFalcon in Boston

223 @203
I think you are over-reacting and misinformed. It's a mixture of glucose and fructose. I've read that there are some isomers that are produced during processing that may be metabolized differently, but the last time I check the scientific literature that was not proven.

But if you're afraid of it, don't eat it. -Y-not

275 #223, I'm stating all of this having spoken to a nutritionist and some sort of metabolic researcher at a Boston hospital. There's a big difference with how the body treats calories from refined vs. raw materials. Not all calories are as equal as was once though. It's not just how the body digest these things but the way the brain perceives what has been digested. It's part of the reason why some people keep storing large amounts of fat while their brains are telling to keep eating because their brains perceive the body as starving. -BlueFalcon in Boston

Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless

"Within a week of eliminating [gluten], I started to feel markedly better," says Cooper, now 36, from Melbourne, Australia. "It wasn't a gradual feeling better; it was almost a crossing-the-street kind of thing." ... "There is a tight definition of celiac disease, but gluten intolerance has been a moving target." That was 10 years ago. The general practitioner who treated Cooper was ahead of his time, as most doctors are only now starting to realize that some people who don't have celiac disease may benefit from diets free of (or low in) gluten.... Experts now think of gluten intolerance as a spectrum of conditions, with celiac disease on one end and, on the other, what's been called a "no man's land" of gluten-related gastrointestinal problems that may or may not overlap....

Chitwood said that two of his officers, Eric Colella and Ryan Wiseley, were eating lunch at Verona's Pizza, 8917 West Chester Pike when they saw Galiatsatos walk in carrying a bag. Galiatsatos went into the restroom and left a short time later, without the bag, Chitwood said. The bag was found in the restroom ceiling and contained three white mice, Chitwood said. The officers also watched Galiatsatos walk in and quickly out of Uncle Nick's Pizza, at 9000 West Chester Pike. A bag of containing six mice was found in a trash can in the pizzeria,

Nearly all the victims, most of whom are female and younger than 19, reported eating raw cookie dough in the days before the onset of symptoms. Health officials still do not know how E. coli 0157, a bacterium that lives in cattle intestines, ended up in a product that seems so unlikely to contain it.

A new study contradicts the conventional wisdom that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near supermarkets, which sell fresh fruit and vegetables as well as so called junk food, lowers weight.

The case is closely watched because it could increase the cost of raising chickens and lead to higher meat prices.

Globally every year, obese people waste billions of pounds on food products that 'imply' that they aid weight loss, but are totally ineffective

A new study suggests that all most all fast foods contain chemical elements or ingredients derived from corn either in forms of meat, oil or others.