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edhopper

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4. Let me say this

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:15 AM

Feb 2015

Even if we don't debate whether HFCS itself is bad or worse than sugar, the fact that due to Corn subsidies it has been added to more and more food products the increase in consumption has grown enormously.
That alone makes it bad for our health.

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Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes [View all] DeSwiss Feb 2015 OP

I know that if I eat an equal amount of regular sugar or HFCS hobbit709 Feb 2015 #1

So adding 'high fructose corn syrup' to everything is bad for you? Colour me shocked. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #2

De nada. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #7

Why would Big Agra put the stuff into all manner of foods, then? Octafish Feb 2015 #3

Because they had a ton of corn, and figured out how to make 'sugar' with it. Avalux Feb 2015 #8

De nada. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #9

Two reasons Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #19

Let me say this edhopper Feb 2015 #4

HFCS is bad for one's health. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #6

I agree edhopper Feb 2015 #14

Diabetes is distorting medical practice/funding daredtowork Feb 2015 #5

The distortions start in one lab at Monsanto..... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #10

they have monetized metabolism grasswire Feb 2015 #12

Excellent description. n/t DeSwiss Feb 2015 #15

Reading this article while eating my version of a healthy lunch... GliderGuider Feb 2015 #11

We see the controlled opinions and basic lack of understanding everyday. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #16

But, but, the non-woo science says T2 diabetes isn't caused by sugar HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #13

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #17

Hyperbolic displays overwhelm epistemic resistance. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #18

A very striking trend. Orrex Feb 2015 #20