Eliminate THIS from your diet! It won’t be easy…
This ingredient is found in nearly every processed
food known, including bread crumbs! High
Fructose Corn Syrup, HFCS, is made from genetically modified corn, and is so
highly processed that our bodies just cannot handle it. It is manufactured using (genetically
modified) corn syrup, to which is added genetically modified enzymes, that
improve the heat stability. (1) HFCS is
much cheaper than sugar, which is why food manufacturers use it extensively.
The
American Association for C_a_n_c_e_r Research found that the fructose in HFCS,
promotes c_a_n_c_e_r growth, specifically pancreatic cancer. (4) Dr Axe states “This study actually found that c_a_n_c_e_r
cells can readily metabolize fructose and induce rapid reproduction of
pancreatic c_a_n_c_e_r cells. Researchers also found that fructose
and glucose metabolism are very different, with fructose causing more negative
health reactions than glucose. This research provides very good
reason why c_a_n_c_e_r patients should not be given anything containing high
fructose corn syrup and how avoiding HFCS can possibly disrupt c_a_n_c_e_r
growth. When it comes to c_a_n_c_e_r prevention and treatment, clearly HFCS is an ingredient that
should be aggressively avoided. (5)
In
1976, the FDA classified this artificial sweetener as “generally recognized as
safe”, since then it has been noted that the rates of obesity have risen. HFCS has little to no nutritional value, and
it can be up to 90% fructose, which is associated with a host of medical
issues. Many studies present data that
demonstrate a correlation of consumption of HFCS, obesity and cardiovascular
disease. The digestion of fructose is
significantly different then that of glucose, which our bodies have a mechanism
for processing. Also, glucose contributes to the feeling of satiety, whereas
fructose does not.
When HFSC enters your
bloodstream, it goes directly to the liver, which is not sure how to handle it,
and therefore causes the liver to become “fatty”. This can lead to liver damage, heart attack,
stroke, cancer, dementia, obesity, prediabetes and type II diabetes. (2) HFCS is also linked to high cholesterol,
according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “It was a
surprise that adding as little as the equivalent of a half-can of soda at breakfast, lunch and dinner was enough to
produce significant increases in risk factors for cardiovascular disease,” said
the lead author, Kimber L. Stanhope, a research scientist at the University of
California, Davis. Other blood tests of
cardiovascular risk — non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid and others
— moved in the same negative directions.
Research done at the Children’s Hospital Oakland
Research Institute found that free fructose from HFCS requires more energy to
be absorbed by the gut and soaks up two phosphorous molecules from ATP (our
body’s energy source). This depletes the energy fuel source in our guts
required to maintain the integrity of our intestinal
linings. Large doses of free fructose have been shown to
literally punch holes in the intestinal lining, creating a leaky gut. (6)
From
Mark Hyman’s blog, “What we know, for example, is
that chloralkali is used in making high fructose corn syrup. Chloralkai
contains mercury. And there are trace amounts of mercury found in high fructose
corn syrup-containing beverages. Now, it may not be a problem if we eat this
occasionally, but the average person in the country consumes more than 20
teaspoons a day of high fructose corn syrup and the average teenager has 34
teaspoons a day. Over time, these heavy metals can accumulate in the body,
causing health problems.” (2) Mercury is
a POTENT neurological toxin. (1)
HFCS
“is used by commercial beekeepers as food for honey bees to promote brood
production in the spring for commercial pollination. It is also used to feed
honey bees when sources of pollen and nectar are scarce. Hydroxymethylfurfural
(HMF) is formed at high temperatures from dehydration of fructose.” (3) “Leblanc et al. (2009) found that at
temperatures above 45°C, HFCS begins to form HMF, a byproduct that is very
toxic to bees. In addition, levulinic and formic acids which are byproducts of
HMF are also toxic to bees. Toxicity is seen as dysentery-like symptoms in
bees. Could the feeding of HFCS to honey bees be a contributory factor in the
colony collapse disorder (CCD) of honey bees?”(3)
On
a final note, from “Live in the now”, “As the word has gotten
out about the many adverse health effects of HFCS, many consumers read labels
and look for products that don’t list it among their ingredients. A survey by
the Nutrition
Business Journal found HFCS tops the list of least-wanted foods.
So instead of removing HFCS from products, the food industry is attempting to
hide it from the public by renaming it fructose.” (6)
These
are some of the other names for HFCS:
1.
Modified food starch
2.
Modified corn starch
3.
Maize syrup
4.
Tapioca syrup
5.
Fructose
6.
HFCS
7.
Glucose syrup
8.
Glucose/fructose syrup
9.
Fruit fructose
10. Crystalline
fructose
And I have seen other
variations as well. Be careful out
there, read your ingredients on every product every time. If you are not sure what something is, look
it up!!!
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1.
Parker, et al, High Fructose corn
syrup: Production uses and public health concerns, Biotechnology and Molecular
Biology Review Vol. 5(5), pp. 71 - 78 December 2010
3.
Leblanc W, Eggleston G, Sammataro D,
Cornett C, Dufault R, Deeby T, St Cyr E (2009). Formation of
hydroxymethylfurfural in domestic highfructose-corn syrup and its toxicity to
the honey bee (Apis mellifera). J. Agric. Food Chem., 57: 7369-7376.
4. Liu
et al, Fructose Induces Transketoase Flux to Promote Pancreatic Cancer Growth, 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4615 Published August 2010
6.
http://www.liveinthenow.com/article/the-ultimate-low-food-industry-renames-high-fructose-corn-syrup-in-attempt-to-deceive-consumers
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