HFCS Commercials

[Stephen Brown]

no direct mention of HFCS, and I don't really know a lot about this topic but this article about kids with fatty liver disease is interesting.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080908/..._liver_disease

[Derek Maffett]

His patient, Irving Shaffino, a 15-year-old Mexican-American who lives outside Lubbock, Texas, was lucky to get a transplant a year ago. He was in end-stage cirrhosis and, at 5-feet-4 1/2, weighed 180 pounds.

Sadly, however, Irving has made little progress in losing weight. While he's grown an inch and a half since his operation, he's still obese and his weight was up to 219 last month.

What's wrong with this picture?

[Steven Low]

So sad... need to get these kids on a good diet...

Its pretty obvious in that article they're like blaming obesity and then they're saying they're feeding the kid burgers, pizza and high starch food. I mean.. wtf?

[Derek Maffett]

Originally Posted by Steven Low

So sad... need to get these kids on a good diet...

Its pretty obvious in that article they're like blaming obesity and then they're saying they're feeding the kid burgers, pizza and high starch food. I mean.. wtf?

I thought they said the burgers, pizza, and high starch foods were to blame for his obesity, and now he's eating fruits, vegetables, and "whole grains." (Of course, that could just be a way of saying that he's downing lots of so-called "healthy" bread).

Regardless, something is definitely wrong if someone refines their diet and becomes more obese.

[Kevin Perry]

Originally Posted by Derek Maffett

I thought they said the burgers, pizza, and high starch foods were to blame for his obesity, and now he's eating fruits, vegetables, and "whole grains." (Of course, that could just be a way of saying that he's downing lots of so-called "healthy" bread).

Regardless, something is definitely wrong if someone refines their diet and becomes more obese.

I never read the article but my Anatomy teacher pointed out a new "study" trying to pin blame of obesity on distorted genes that occur when people are in the infancy.

Regardless, every time people stem away from the actual cause of problems that deal with hypokinetic diseases, especially obesity, etc. No responsibility or personal initiative to directly deal with the cause. sad.

[Chad Cilli]

http://www.sweetsurprise.com/index.php

No wonder Americans are fat, hypertensive, diabetics. This is the nutritional information being fed to them (pun not so intended). This is almost as bad as Men's Health trying to tell everyone to eat high carb and low fat for more energy.

[John Vernon]

Originally Posted by Chad Cilli

http://www.sweetsurprise.com/index.php

Awesome, HFCS has NO artificial ingredients...it's organic so it must be good for me.

The corn tycoons sure have fired up the ol' propoganda machine.

[Allen Yeh]

Hey a twinkie came from has vegetable oil in it...so it must be good for you since it came from vegetables right? I can see it now....

"twinkies are from spinach......so make sure you get your 5 servings a day!"

[Kevin Perry]

Twinkies.. yum

I think i'll go have ice cream

[Patrick Donnelly]

In the HFCS "facts page"...

Sources:
1) Based on data provided in Sweetener Analysis, January 2008, published by LMC International, Inc.
2) 58 Federal Register 2302, 2407 (Jan. 6, 1993).
3) See generally White PJ and Johnson LA, “Corn Sweeteners,” in Corn Chemistry and Technology, 2nd Edition (2003); Alexander RJ, “Production and Description,” in Sweeteners: Nutritive (1998); and Corn Refiners Association, “Manufacture,” in Nutritive Sweeteners from Corn, 8th Edition (2006).

Are you allowed to cite yourself? That just doesn't seem right.