deghanmay: imnotthatkindofgirl: marymo: The Real Reason Americans are FAT: If high fructose corn syrup is on the ingredient list, leave the product on the supermarket shelf. This is essential because beyond the empty calories that come with these foods, the fructose found in HFCS actually blocks leptin from letting your brain know that you’re done eating. And because your brain also doesn’t recognize fructose as a real food, it makes you want to keep eating. In other words, fructose makes your appetite runs amok — you’re driven to eat with no brake on your appetite. (According to Mehmet Oz, M.D., better known as Dr. Oz) This is pandemic because, since its introduction, HFCS has begun to replace sugar in various processed foods in the United States. The main reasons for this switch are: HFCS is somewhat cheaper in the United States as a result of a combination of corn subsidies and sugar tariffs/quotas.[13] Since the mid 1990s, the United States federal government has subsidized corn growers by $40 billion.[14] HFCS is easier to blend and transport because it is a liquid.[15] What’s devastating about this information is that: Leptin, which is a protein that’s secreted by our bodies’ own fat, works the weight loss problem from on the other end. While ghrelin controls how hungry (or not) we feel, leptin controls how full we feel and let’s us know when it’s time to put down the fork and push back from the table. And it also helps us burn more calories. “If you can get your leptin levels high, you’ll have a greater ability to keep your hunger and appetite in check,” says Dr. Oz. I kept seeing those commercials where one actor says to the other something like “you don’t want to eat that, it has high fructose corn syrup in it and you know what they say about it” and the other actor says “what do they say? that’s made from corn and a sugar substitute which should be eaten in moderation just like sugar” and the first actor has no come back because most people don’t know why high fructose corn syrup is bad. Every time I saw this commercial, in its various forms, I was struck with how good of a commercial it was. Neither my roommate nor I could actually name what was supposed to be wrong with high fructose corn syrup except as my roommate says “that it’s in everything that’s bad for you.” So, the above is good to know. Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes! HFCS = The Devil! And it’s in SO much stuff. Just start checking your labels. I learned yesterday that most canned chicken or vegetable stock has hfcs in it! So basically, anything that is remotely processed, unless they package touts it as HFCS-free, has it in it. I’d fully support a complete ban of HFCS (as well as doing away with the subsidization of corn in general, but that’s another story). And not only is HFCS in everything, but sugar (in its many various real and artificial forms) is getting into everything in general. Like the mustard that I found at a restaurant that had sugar in it. This wasn’t a honey mustard or advertised as a sweet mustard at all, it was a regular mustard with unadvertised sugar. Sadly, you can’t trust the main packaging anymore (if you ever could) and have to read the ingredients list. [For instance, did you know that food makers can advertise “trans fat free” so long as it has fewer than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving?]

deghanmay:

imnotthatkindofgirl:

marymo:

The Real Reason Americans are FAT:

If high fructose corn syrup is on the ingredient list, leave the product on the supermarket shelf. This is essential because beyond the empty calories that come with these foods, the fructose found in HFCS actually blocks leptin from letting your brain know that you’re done eating. And because your brain also doesn’t recognize fructose as a real food, it makes you want to keep eating. In other words, fructose makes your appetite runs amok — you’re driven to eat with no brake on your appetite. (According to Mehmet Oz, M.D., better known as Dr. Oz)

This is pandemic because, since its introduction, HFCS has begun to replace sugar in various processed foods in the United States. The main reasons for this switch are:

  • HFCS is somewhat cheaper in the United States as a result of a combination of corn subsidies and sugar tariffs/quotas.[13] Since the mid 1990s, the United States federal government has subsidized corn growers by $40 billion.[14]
  • HFCS is easier to blend and transport because it is a liquid.[15]

What’s devastating about this information is that:

Leptin, which is a protein that’s secreted by our bodies’ own fat, works the weight loss problem from on the other end. While ghrelin controls how hungry (or not) we feel, leptin controls how full we feel and let’s us know when it’s time to put down the fork and push back from the table. And it also helps us burn more calories. “If you can get your leptin levels high, you’ll have a greater ability to keep your hunger and appetite in check,” says Dr. Oz.

I kept seeing those commercials where one actor says to the other something like “you don’t want to eat that, it has high fructose corn syrup in it and you know what they say about it” and the other actor says “what do they say? that’s made from corn and a sugar substitute which should be eaten in moderation just like sugar” and the first actor has no come back because most people don’t know why high fructose corn syrup is bad. Every time I saw this commercial, in its various forms, I was struck with how good of a commercial it was. Neither my roommate nor I could actually name what was supposed to be wrong with high fructose corn syrup except as my roommate says “that it’s in everything that’s bad for you.”

So, the above is good to know.

Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes! HFCS = The Devil! And it’s in SO much stuff. Just start checking your labels. I learned yesterday that most canned chicken or vegetable stock has hfcs in it! So basically, anything that is remotely processed, unless they package touts it as HFCS-free, has it in it.

I’d fully support a complete ban of HFCS (as well as doing away with the subsidization of corn in general, but that’s another story).

And not only is HFCS in everything, but sugar (in its many various real and artificial forms) is getting into everything in general.

Like the mustard that I found at a restaurant that had sugar in it. This wasn’t a honey mustard or advertised as a sweet mustard at all, it was a regular mustard with unadvertised sugar.

Sadly, you can’t trust the main packaging anymore (if you ever could) and have to read the ingredients list. [For instance, did you know that food makers can advertise “trans fat free” so long as it has fewer than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving?]