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3 High-Fructose Corn Syrup Makes You Stupid, Omega-3s Make You Smart
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4 High-Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar
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5 A Glass of Juice or Soda a Day Can Lead to Gout, Study Says
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6 Fittingly Mad: Cool Whip Free
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7 The Skinny On: High Fructose Corn Syrup
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8 Speak Up: Are You Surprised by the Sweet Surprise Ads?
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9 More on High Fructose Corn Syrup
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10 Fittingly Mad: "Natural" Foods That Really Aren't
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11 High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to High Blood Pressure
As if you needed another reminder to stop eating processed foods: a new study has found that foods high in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can make you stupid. But there's good news, too: eating foods high in omega-3s can help combat loss of brain function. The study looked at different groups of rats that had been trained on a maze. After a few days on the maze, some of the rats were fed an Read more
Ah, high fructose corn syrup. The highly debated sweetener in many processed foods and drinks, recently the subject of a marketing campaign and name change, is again in the news, and it's not good for its image makeover. An extensive 22-year study released this month that followed almost 80,000 women has found that drinking non-diet sodas regularly, leads to an increase in the risk for gout.Gout, Read more
When it comes to school lunches, America is the third world. — Bittman Paul Liebrandt believes he's too young for 3 Michelin Stars. — Feast The Italian secret for the best eggs ever. — The Atlantic Tips for making perfect savory souffles. — Serious Eats Meet Tasteologie, a new food porn website from NOTCOT. — The Kitchn How to avoid diluted iced coffee. — Chow Do you cook with Read more
YumSugar Community member 21inSF recently wrote in with a burning question: why do sodas in Europe contain sugar, she asked, while in the US, they're made with high fructose corn syrup? To find out the answer, read more. Read more
For the first time in 40 years, Heinz has redesigned its ketchup packet — and made it healthier to boot. This morning, the company revealed a larger, more versatile condiment packet, which ketchup lovers can either tear off to squeeze like a traditional packet or peel off to dip. It holds three times as much as the old packet. The packaging innovation will be in most quick-service restaurants Read more
No matter how much the Corn Refiners Association tries to convince us that high-fructose corn syrup is healthy, I'm not buying it. Now I have another reason to avoid it: new findings have linked high-fructose corn syrup to high blood pressure, aka hypertension. In the past 20 years alone, Americans have increased fructose intake by 30 percent, and that increase tracks closely to the rise in Read more
Starting this month, Pepsi is rolling out a new drink called Pepsi Natural that's made with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. The soda company is touting the drink's "all-natural ingredients," including natural caramel and kola nut extract; the glass bottles will even be stocked in natural foods aisles. Despite the ads from the Corn Refiners Association trying to position HFCS as a Read more
You've probably seen those commercials boasting that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) isn't as bad for you as you think, since it's made from all-natural corn. It's misleading though because just like refined white sugar, HFCS is a highly processed sweetener. Both sugar and HFCS provide zero nutrition and loads of empty calories. Check out the chart below to see how the two Read more
The ads promoting high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) that are airing on TV irritate me to no end and I know they bother a few of you as well. The controversy surrounding the ad campaign, which is estimated to cost around $20 to $30 million, continues to grow. The basic premise of the ads is that HFCS is natural since it is made from corn (they don't mention how processed the syrup truly is) and that Read more
When I started reading food labels, way back when, I must admit that I thought high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was made out of fruit, because of the "fructose," as well as corn. Now that I have been schooled over the years, I know that this sweetener is made from cornstarch that goes through a serious amount of processing. The Corn Refiners Association has started the sweet surprise ad campaign Read more
