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High Fructose Corn Syrup Anonymous
Any one else annoyed at the corn refiners association for trying to pass hfcs off as being not unhealthy and just as natural as sugar?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
corn syrup is higher in fructose.
fructose has been shown to alter the body's processing of nutrients for hours after ingestion;
viz. for hours after having fructose, more of anything you eat is converted to fat.
I'm also pissed off about partially hydrogenated fats.
>> Anonymous
FUCK YOU CORN
>> Anonymous
Wasn't hfcs put in foods to make us eat more, therefore making us spend more $ for the food industry?
>> Anonymous
Wasn't hfcs put in food to create more hunger, more profit for food industry?
>> ­WAT
>>341116
>>341123

No, corn is cheaper than sugar cane and more dense and easier to transport and has a longer shelf life.
>> Anonymous
>>341123
No you dumb fuck. They made HFCS because the United States subsidizes the fuck out of the corn industry. So consequently people grew way more of it than anyone wanted. Then they figured out how to turn corn into sugar...which any good American loves. Since it was subsidized it was cheap as hell. Since it was cheap as hell... it spread like wildfire. There is no magic here.
>> ­WAT
The only bad thing about HFCS is the retardo GI number, it's essentially kicking yourself in the pancreas every time you drink a Pepsi.
>> Anonymous
ah yes, HFCS, for when regular corn syrup isn't sweet enough...
>> Anonymous
Time for some motherfucking copypasta for the dumbfucks:

I hate how just about everyone is so blunt on this issue and I hate it more when:

"IT'S MADE BY THE COMPANIES THAT MANAFACTURE THIS STUFF SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY PROPOGANDA."

Fine, don't believe them? Believe me, I don't work for anyone.

HFCS is just sugar. It's JUST sugar. It isn't any worse or better for you then ANY other sugar. It's just simple as that.

Does it break down differently? Maybe.

Does it effect your health? Well, let's talk about the REAL issue here. Anybody guess what it is, yet? OVER-CONSUMPTION. Yes, that's the REAL problem. HFCS aren't the problem. Fats aren't the problem. Refined sugars aren't the problem - OVER-CONSUMPTION is.


Why does everyone forget that? Nowadays it's just people whining about how certain substances in food are making them fat. A world full of excuses.

And I have to ask - Why are HFCSs even an issue? If you're not stuffing your face with a product containing loads of it, why are we worrying about it? It bothers me when someone whose been living and eating healthy, decides to stop eating a certain brand of food because they just found out it contains something the "majority" considers bad.

If you're not over-consuming HFCS - Hell, if you're not over-consuming sugars/simple carbs in general, eating healthy, consuming the right amount of calories, why are you cutting out every last thing out of your diet that people consider bad?

Then there's the argument that it's IMPOSSIBLE to have HFCS in moderation, IT'S IN EVERYTHING. Yeah, but that doesn't mean there's A LOT of it in everything. Let's just ignore the fact for now that the daily recommended allowance of sugars per day has yet to be established, and move on to a situation with the aforementioned dilemma...
...cont...
>> Anonymous
Most breads nowadays are made-up with HFCS instead of brown or table sugars. Read the nutrition fact labels - You find that most will only have about 2-5 grams of it per serving. 2-5 grams, SOMEONE ALERT OF THE FITNESS POLICE. I will agree, however, that because there has yet to be an established daily recommended allowance for sugars, can cause a huge disorientation with someone trying to watch their sugar consumption.


Don't stop eating something just because it has HFCS in it; Check how much of it it has in it, then decide wether it's good for you or not. Besides, you shouldn't be consuming a lot of sugars in the first place.

I bet if HFCSs never existed - People would be complaining just as much about brown sugar/lactose/sucrose/fructose/cane sugar/and other refined sugars. Hell, I won't be suprised if someone starts a petition someday to ban some irrelevant substance in food and their stated reason for doing so would be: "Because it made me fat".

You made yourself fat; not the food. The government can't protect you from yourself.

Having had said all of that, mind you, I'm lost in this game just as much as most of you - Since there isn't any established daily recommended allowance for sugar, I don't know how much is too much. I'm often confused and I never know if I'm over-consuming or barely making it over the limit. It's worsened by people, after dozens and doezens of searches, all have different opinions on the matter.

20 grams a day! 50, no 100! NONE!

Bleh, I need some rest.

tl;dr: It isn't any better or worse then refined sugars.
>> Anonymous
people need to stop placing retarded metaphysical characteristics to simple molecules. sugar is sugar.
>> Anonymous
>>341340
over consumption is easy. Why the fuck is HFCS in my canned tomato sauce? Hard to avoid the shit.
>> Anonymous
I saw that stupid TV commercial and was like, well they just fooled a whole bunch of Americans once again, but ya ain't foolin' me!

That's the best I can do.
>> Anonymous
>>341353
too bad this isn't sugar.
>> Anonymous
It's proof that America only gives a shit about your money. HFCS and Hydrogenated Oils are our biggest downfalls. They essentally tell our genes to store fat, and worst of all, they're responsible for many sicknesses we face nowadays such as cancer.
>> Anonymous
>>341779
>they're responsible for many sicknesses we face nowadays such as cancer.
Wow, i didn't know that cancer has only been around for 50 years.
GOD DAMN GOVERNMENT MAKING US SICKER THAN HUMANS EVER SHOULD BE WITH THIS UNNATURAL CANCER DISEASE!
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
First off: We artificially control the price of American sugar through 1980s agribusiness lobbies for a program to protect American sugar.

Secondly: Why do we need to make it? Monocultures of corn and soybeans deplete the soil they're planted in, not to mention the farmers planting these crops just barely break even because of the way they're paid nowadays.

Third: HFCS is usually ranked higher in the ingredients list, thus meaning it has a higher composition in the food. ALSO - most packaging doesn't indicate how much HFCS is in the food.

Last: Foods with HFCS tend to contain other additives that aren't entirely healthy: Soy Lecithin, Bleached Enriched Flour, PDH Oils.

Go read some Michael Pollan. thanks.
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
>>341353

wow l2chemistry.
>> Anonymous
>>341783
0/10
>> Donnie !DarkoPkGNs
High fructose corn syrup: 55% fructose, 45% glucose

Table sugar: 50% fructose, 50% glucose

They're chemically identical with the exception of that 5% ration difference. HFCS isn't any worse for you than sugar.
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
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>>341796

Then why not just eat sugar?
>> Donnie !DarkoPkGNs
>>341800
Because it's more expensive.
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
>>341801
meh. i still think its bullshit that we artificially inflate the cost of other sugars. and that No-Cal sweeteners cause a whole slew of disorders. MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN MICHAEL POLLAN
>> Anonymous
>>341796
cane sugar is sucrose not fructose. it's chemically much different than hfcs
>> Donnie !DarkoPkGNs
>>341808
Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of 50% fructose and 50% glucose. Please learn what you're talking about before trying to debate it.
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
>>341808
HOLY FUCKING DICKS DON'T ARGUE WITH DONNIE DARKO YOU STUPID FUCK

HE'S RIGHT ANYWAY

SUCROSE (TABLE SUGAR) IS MADE OF HALF FRUCTOSE AND HALF GLUCOSE

HFCS IS MADE OF 55% FRUCTOSE AND 45% GLUCOSE

AND YOU'RE MADE OF FUCKING STUPIDITY
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
>>341812

HAY GRAVYCOCK STOP FUCKING AROUND WITH MY BISCUITS IMMA GO IN THE BACK AND HOOP DEE DO THE LEMONADE
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
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>>341815
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
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WEEEEEEE A SPACESHIP!
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
>> Anonymous
>>341810
>>341812
They're bonded differently you dumb shits
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
>>341823

He has a point. Percent Composition isn't all of Chem. But I won't claim to know the differences in the bond angles of these sugars. I just try to eat food. Not fun stuff made in a machine.
>> Anonymous
>>341824
I love you
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
>>341823
DEAR JESUS CUNT THUNDERING CHRIST YOU ARE ONE STUPID PUPPY

SUCROSE IS A DISACCHARIDE MEANING THAT IT CONSISTS OF TWO BONDED MONOSACCHARIDES (IN THIS CASE GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE). IN A WEAKLY ACIDIC ENVIROMENT (YOUR STOMACH, FOR INSTANCE), SUCROSE BREAKS DOWN INTO ITS CONSTITUENT PARTS THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED INVERSION.

BUT HERE'S THE KICKER, MOTHERFUCKER

IN HFCS, THEY AREN'T BONDED AT ALL. THEY'RE JUST CHILLING SEPERATELY, SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SUCRASE DEFICIENCY, YOU CAN STILL EAT THIS SHIT

NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO DO YOUR CHEMISTRY HOMEWORK
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
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>>341824

thanks... i kind of... like you... too. Have a salad.
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
>>341835
WELL SOMEONE IS A FAN OF THEMSELVES
>> Sage in the Medical Field for 2 Years !!Ilq4SN3IcIu
rofl.
>> Anonymous
wfys is easily my favorite tripfag
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
>>341848
THANKS

AND BEFORE ANYONE ELSE POINTS IT OUT, I MADE YOUR POST
>> Anonymous
>>341852
and mine too
>> Anonymous
I raged because Coke tastes better in fucking Mexico because the wetbacks know that it tastes better with REAL FUCKING SUGAR. FUCK HFCS.
>> Anonymous
>>341915
BUT THERE IS NO DISCERNABLE TASTE DIFFERENCE AND IF YOU THINK SO ITS IMAGINED!!!!!!!... or something.
>> Anonymous
>>341920
No, this is bullshit. I first noticed this when my father (who lives in San Diego) poured me a glass of Coke. I said it tastes better and he told me that he got it from Mexico. I realized later that it's because they use cane sugar.
>> Anonymous
It's hard not to over consume something when it's FUCKING ADDICTIVE. Both sugar and hfcs are addictive substances. Also real sugar tastes better than hfcs.
>> Anonymous
Fuck farmers for banning Stevia. Vernors has never tasted the same since.

yes, I'm an oldfag. Fuck you.
>> Anonymous
>>341934
Yeah, but don't regulate it. Infact, the reason why HFCS has replaced sugar is because of government intervention. Life the tarriffs, tell the farmers to grow something else. Like rice. Or use the corn for ethanol.
>> Anonymous
>>341920
go back to your farm faggot. its not bad in moderation but it does taste different from sugar
>> Anonymous
Everyone should take responsibility for themselves.

HFC is not making you fat. Your stupid face and eating habits and lack of exercise are making you fat.

Corn is fucking delicious. HFC is fucking delicious. In the proper quantities, you're fucking fine.

Everything in excess will kill you eventually. All things in moderation. BUCK THE FUCK UP AND STOP BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE FOR YOUR FUCKING PROBLEMS.

Or just kill yourself.
>> Anonymous
>>341938
Ethanol is a highly inefficient fuel source when you look at the cost of growing, fuel consumption, required expenditure to create it, output, and land required.

Clearing enough land to create enough ethanol would actually result in more CO2 in the air due to the deforestation.

Corn is for eating.
>> Anonymous
>>341936
Seconded. I'm still fucking furious over that shit.
>> Anonymous
Easy solution: EAT WHOLE FOODS.

It's harder to put corn syrup in unprocessed food.
>> Anonymous
The only difference in bodily processes of HFCS and sugar is that the increased fructose composition of HFCS requires more copper to convert it properly. Therefore if you eat HFCS, take a multivitamin that has a copper supplement in it.

Learn to do academic research.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Anon 341343 doesn't want governmment interferennce, yet needs an RDA for sugars which comes from....... the government. You dumbfuck, I seriously, have not seen such idiots talking out of their ass as much as the fuckheads that post here. Make up more shit. I agree though, a lot of people try to blame everyone else for their weight issues. Moderation is the key,