|
God didn't make high-fructose corn syrup
If you consider fructose a safe, natural sugar, think again. You’ve been had by one of the biggest nutritional bait-and-switch ploys in years.
First, you should know that while most people associate the word “fructose” with “fruit sugar”, more than 95% of fructose in America comes from cheaply processed corn and not from fruit at all. High-fructose corn syrup is sort of like “fructose-plus”. More concentrated, more dangerous. And it gives food makers a much higher profit margin.
There’s been a quiet revolution going on in America since 1970: the gradual replacement of cane and beet sugar by corn syrups. And little wonder. Corn syrup, particularly high-fructose corn syrup, is cheap to produce, sweet to the tongue, and easy to store safely. According to the USDA, the average American consumed a half pound of high-fructose corn syrup in 1970. By the mid-1990s, that figure had jumped to 55.3 pounds per person per year. This year, we’ll see that number jump to 66 pounds.
Scary? You bet!
Is it killing people? The rise in obesity, diabetes and related diseases is proof enough.
Let us help you "beat the brainwashing" and stop feeding the monster that is eating us alive.
|