Comments on: High Fructose Corn Syrup — The Debate Goes On

By: Dionne Obeso

Dionne Obeso — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:26:32 +0000

I just discovered your website, and am enjoying the blog very much. This post in particular caught my eye because when the ads started airing when I was away at a conference, and had access to a TV (we don’t watch at home). The ads made me physically sick to my stomach because of the misinformation that they are spreading.

When I stopped eating high fructose corn syrup, without any other changes to by diet, I dropped 20 pounds of excess weight and felt better than ever. I still buy some processed foods, like pasta sauces, but I always read the label and make choices based on what has the most natural ingredient list without HFCS in it. Nothing good can come from having that much chemical sweetener in my body.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:22:42 +0000

Your comment “…. if high fructose corn syrup is no more unhealthy than sugar… would anyone choose to eat an equal amount of sugar?” is what really resonates with me. I don’t know enough about the rest of the chemical makeup or processes to be able to respond intelligently, but I would not put that much sugar in anything. And so often it is one of the main ingredients, if not *the* main ingredient – blek.

I’ve been noting the Cargill ads on NPR, too – amazing how they believe they can market *anything* to us and we’ll just accept it. Unfortunately, it’s often true.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:04:38 +0000

When I pointed the ads out to my husband, it became clear that he was unaware of any concerns about HFCS! As with anything, there can be differing points of view, but he didn’t even know that some people are concerned about it. I was shocked!

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:53:23 +0000

I have always had problems with my stomach and FINALLY after seeing a specialist and getting tested I found out that I am Fructose Intollerant. I cannot have ANYTHING that has HFCS in it. My 1st 2weeks I was trying to read labels and realizing that pretty much everything in our house I could not eat. HFCS a ‘natural’ sweetner, whatever! They told me it was because of that stuff that I can’t digest any kind of sugar…not even fruit and some vegies.

By: Marigene

Marigene — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:12:02 +0000

I try to make everything from scratch so that I know what we are eating, plus most of the time it is cheaper.

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:03:19 +0000

I was disturbed by seeing a full page ad by this group in Parenting magazine. We don’t watch TV, so I didn’t even realize they’ve been advertising there too. Calling HFCS ‘natural’ is about as ridiculous as calling aspartame a ‘natural’ sweetener (hey, aspartame is made from amino acids found in proteins…). I prefer that my food not come from a chemical processing plant!