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Corn Sugar and High-Fructose Corn Syrup: Closely Related?
by Josh Clark | September 15, 2010
The Corn Refiner’s Association, the lobby group that represents the huge factory farm conglomerates that brought us high-fructose corn syrup, has devised a genius plan. Since the group is concerned that the general public may be misunderstanding high-fructose corn syrup, they’re going to just change its name. Henceforth, high-fructose corn syrup will be referred to as “corn sugar.”
Scientists have finally produced a smoking gun showing that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is killing us: Child diabetes blamed on food sweetener They have demonstrated that High Fructose Corn Syrup causes diabetes in children and adults and also causes weird forms of obesity: Over 10 weeks, 16 volunteers on a strictly controlled diet, including [...]
High fructose corn syrup gets a bad rap, but is it deserved? Tune in as Josh and Chuck discuss the origins of this ubiquitous sweetener — and why it’s not so sweet for your health — in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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