While past studies on high levels of fructose consumption concentrated on the effect fructose had on the development of diabetes, fatty liver disease, and weight gain, this is the first study published to concentrate on the effect fructose has on the brain. Turns out, it makes you stupid.
HFCS By Any Other Name Is Still The Same
Are you confused about high-fructose corn syrup? I didn’t think so. You know as well as I do that high-fructose corn syrup is bad news. You’ve seen the research, including the study from Princeton that found high-fructose corn syrup caused significantly higher obesity rates in lab animals compared to table sugar — even when the amount of calories from table sugar exceeded the calories from corn syrup. You aren’t confused about what you know.
But the Corn Refiners Association thinks you are confused — so confused, in fact, by the name “high-fructose corn syrup” that they actually petitioned the FDA this week to start calling the ingredient “corn sugar.”
Another killer reason to avoid packaged foods
Mercury is a neurological toxin. It’s not safe in any quantities. And a study published yesterday in the scientific journal, Environmental Health, found that mercury is present in 50% of commercially available High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) thanks to a production method that involves using mercury-contaminated caustic soda to separate the corn starch from the kernel.
HFCS suspected culprit in student’s misbehavior
That, and the loaded down sugary treats and foods sold in the school lunch room. Let’s face it folks, refined sugar is ubiquitous. It’s in lunch room milk. It’s in chimichangas, for Pete’s sake. It’s everywhere. Thankfully, it can be avoided. It’s not all that tricky or hard, but here’s how you do it. You…