Which Looks More Natural?

 this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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...or this??

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Story is that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is indeed worse for you than pure sugar.

HFCS has been on the rise in american culture since its innovation.  HFCS is a cheap alternative to regular sugar and it is used in many of the foods we eat today.  But with the new abundance of cheap sweeteners Americans have suffered   HFCS advocates try and frame HFCS as simply being a form of sugar made from corn but HFCS is more addictive, and is a leading contributor to the obesity epidemic in this country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           Courtesy: Corn Refiner’s Association of America

 

One of the tools the HFCS Industry uses is a  marketing strategy that markets its products as being no better or worse off for you than table sugar by using charts that show you the “facts” like this one below…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                 Courtesy:  Corn Refiners Assosciation

 

 

Other tools that the HFCS industry uses is by referring to HFCS as corn sugar rather than corn syrup, but the HFCS industry can call it sugar all it wants but the true facts remain the same.  HFCS is not the same as sugar, there is a correlation between HFCS and heart disease, weight gain and other ailments.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                            Graphic Courtesy of in5D.com

 

The leading reason why HFCS can be bad for you is because it is shown to increase the desire to eat more sweets.  With the abundance of cheap HFCS, almost every processed food now contains some in some capacity.  The growth in the use of HFCS in America and the corresponding obesity rates is shown in these graphs below...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    Courtesy: AP Images

                                                                                                                                  Courtesy:  NOAA

 

 

Another big problem is that HFCS is being added to food items that don't normally have sugar and that you wouldn't even describe as sweet -- crackers, for instance.  (Difference).  With HFCS in many products Americans are inadvertently eating more sugar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The lesson to be learned here is that HFCS is different from table sugar because it simply isn’t chemically the same as sugar.  HFCS’s higher fructose content links it to heart disease and obesity.  And its addictively sweet taste and role as a preservative makes it all to common in the American diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Corn.org | Corn Refiners Association. Corn Refiners Association, n.d. Web. 15 May 2014.

 

 

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-Oxford-. N.d. Brightersidenow. Web.

 

 

Tetra Images. Spoon and Heap of Sugar. N.d. Getty Images. Getty Images. Web.

 

 

Hince, Peter. 2011. N.p. Comp. Getty Images.

 

 

NOAA, comp. "Estimated HFCS Consumption." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 May 2014.

"sugar." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 16 May. 2014. 

 

"sweetener." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 16 May. 2014.

 

Chatterjee, Tilottama. "Corn Syrup Vs. Sugar." Buzzle. Buzzle.com, 24 Nov. 2010. Web. 16 May 2014.