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Major Nikon

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17. Great idea, so long as your for getting other forms of sugar out of kids foods
Wed May 30, 2012, 10:04 PM
May 2012

There is zero causal evidence that HFCS has any detrimental health effects compared to table sugar.

All substituting sucrose for HFCS does is drive up the cost of food and makes certain types of foods even less accessible to the poor while providing zero health benefits. It also puts domestic corn producers out of work in favor of foreign refined sucrose producers. It's a lose-lose situation all the way around.

Good. n/t Moondog May 2012 #1
High Fructose Corn Bullshit and Pink Fucking Slime -- DON'T EAT IT!.....nt Evasporque May 2012 #43
Don't eat any kind of bullshit or anything that is fucking. yellowcanine May 2012 #49
Glad to hear this Marrah_G May 2012 #2
Now let's push forward and get it out of kids foods and such. Fearless May 2012 #3
Get it out of our food, period! RC May 2012 #7
True. Fearless May 2012 #11
Get it out of ALL foods SoCalNative May 2012 #13
Fact! Fearless May 2012 #14
Great idea, so long as your for getting other forms of sugar out of kids foods Major Nikon May 2012 #17
Anyone with Google.. sendero May 2012 #18
Your google must have missed this... Major Nikon May 2012 #19
The major concerns of HFCS; greiner3 Jun 2012 #56
I am for everyone eating healthier. Fearless May 2012 #23
It's only an excuse in that it makes it more efficent Major Nikon May 2012 #25
They would be more expensive. Fearless May 2012 #26
It could also hurt a lot more than it helps Major Nikon May 2012 #27
I'm not worried about a shortage of sugar. Fearless May 2012 #28
There won't be a shortage of sugar Major Nikon May 2012 #34
There is plenty of land in a lot of places to do a lot of things. Fearless May 2012 #38
I'm simply pointing out the logistics of producing sugar Major Nikon May 2012 #46
My argument is that sugar excess as well as corn syrup are unhealthy Fearless May 2012 #50
I'm completely in agreement with this Major Nikon May 2012 #51
Possible doesn't mean pratical yes, but impractical doesn't mean unnecessary either. Fearless May 2012 #52
while you have a point about sugar cane I have to disagree about sugar beets azurnoir May 2012 #37
Yes, sugar beets can be grown in North Dakota Major Nikon May 2012 #47
I looked it up and sugar beets are already grown in 26 states in the US azurnoir Jun 2012 #55
OK, eat all you want of this dangerous ingredient. I stay away from Monsanto's crunch60 May 2012 #31
Stay away from it all you want Major Nikon May 2012 #35
You can put in your body whatever you wish. And I do check who owns the Organics I purchase crunch60 May 2012 #39
HCFS is made from Monsanto's GMO, round up ready corn. Not like the old days. crunch60 May 2012 #29
Sucrose is composed of both fructose and glucose Major Nikon May 2012 #33
How do we know that the conversion of sucrose to glucose and fructose by the body Evasporque May 2012 #42
Humans haven't been eating refined sugars for millions of years Major Nikon May 2012 #44
HFCS has been around a lot longer than RR corn. yellowcanine May 2012 #48
I wouldn't be surprised if they get their way eventually ... Auggie May 2012 #4
Oh there's a fair amount of Democratic support for them too ... Nihil May 2012 #36
Good. freshwest May 2012 #5
Good. LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #6
Sweet. 4dsc May 2012 #8
Duzy! Odin2005 May 2012 #10
I use Stevia. Natural safe sweetner. nt crunch60 May 2012 #30
Good! Poll_Blind May 2012 #9
Most excellent! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #12
GOOD! obamanut2012 May 2012 #15
Good, I find it deceptive of them to have even tried this. nt cstanleytech May 2012 #16
They were inspired by the successful re-labeling of freedom suppression as "The Patriot Act." n/t Psephos May 2012 #20
I was thinking they were inspired by the successful rebranding the Republicans had cstanleytech May 2012 #21
Good call. n/t Psephos May 2012 #22
Though the FDA often seems to be hopelessly corrupt, there are times when they do us right. DesertDiamond May 2012 #24
That FDA does something useful for once. nt BlueIris May 2012 #32
consumers are winning....we don't want to eat that shit... Evasporque May 2012 #40
Cornucopia Institute has lot of news regarding our food supply/labeling crunch60 May 2012 #41
In other news the FDA tells Crispy Creme they can't substitute "lipids" for "fat" on the label. yellowcanine May 2012 #45
when the obesity.... unkachuck May 2012 #53
You may drink a glass of corporate 'corn sugar' at any time, elleng May 2012 #54
The "best science money can buy" sendero Jun 2012 #57
Who cares? Wabbajack_ Jun 2012 #58
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