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High Fructose Corn Syrup Health Risks

November 7, 2011 by  
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Most recently we’ve been doing more grocery shopping in the US – the border is very close to us, the CDN dollar is almost at parity and most US retailers are offering parity.  Prices in the US are generally 25% – 50% less than in Canada for the exact same product, so it makes sense for us.

However you also need to be cautious and read ingredients as I find that Canadian products seem to contain better health information, not that the counterpart product in the US doesn’t.  Companies that are conscious about their products and wanting to combat or at least help consumers make better decisions when buying groceries to help do their part in combating the staggering obesity rates in the US will boldly extute their products do or do not contain certain items.

One such item is high fructose corn syrup.

If you look at groceries and specifically merchant branded items such as Kroger or Fred Meyer brands you find that several products (for example, ketchup) contain high fructose corn syrup.  However other brands will boldly acknowledge that their products DO NOT contain high fructose corn syrup.

So what’s the big deal with high fructose corn syrup?  Although a lot of research has been done, and more is being done it is being blamed for many ills:

  1. Potential link to Type 2 Diabetes
  2. Cardiovascular disease (i.e., heart disease, stroke etc.,)
  3. Metabolic Syndrome
  4. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
SEE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_High_Fructose_Corn_Syrup

There are several other sites that also talk about high fructose corn syrup health risks:

Short of it is KNOW what you are putting in your body; if there is doubt about something, do some research and ask your medical practitioner about it.  If you are trying to lose weight, every little bit that you do will help you in reaching your goals.
We’ve gone through our pantry and disposed of any products that contain high fructose corn syrup and only purchase those items that do not contain this OR is one of the last ingredients on the label (manufacturers are obliged to list ingredients in the order of most to least — generally HFCS is in the top 3 on the ingredients list).

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